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abbess
noun
[ ˈabɛs ]
• a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French abbesse ‘female abbot’, from ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot).
