abbess
Kelime Anlamı :
1. Başrahibe.
2. kadınlar manastırının baş rahibesi.
3. (kadınlar manastırında) baş rahibe.
4. (isim) başrahibe.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
the superior of a convent.
2. used as a title for such a person.
2. used as a title for such a person.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. see abbey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A female superior of a convent of nuns, regularly in the same religious orders in which the monks are governed by an abbot; also, a superior of canonesses.
2. A title retained in hanover, Würtemberg, Brunswick, and Schleswig-holstein by the lady superiors of the protestant seminaries and sisterhoods to which the property of certain convents was transferred at the reformation.
2. A title retained in hanover, Würtemberg, Brunswick, and Schleswig-holstein by the lady superiors of the protestant seminaries and sisterhoods to which the property of certain convents was transferred at the reformation.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia