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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.

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abbess

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abbess

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈæb.ɪs/

British archaic slang

Japanese Meaning

修道院や修道女施設の女性最高責任者、すなわち女院長。

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The abbess greeted each new novice with gentle authority, guiding them through the convent's daily prayers and chores.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

修道院長（尼僧の長）は、新しい見習い一人ひとりを穏やかな威厳で迎え、修道院の日々の祈りと雑務へと導いた。

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The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.

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(archaic, British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.

Why laſt night, as Colonel Kill'em, Sir William Weezy, Lord Frederick Foretop, and I were careleſsly ſliding the Ranelagh round, picking our teeth, after a damn'd muzzy dinner at Boodle's, who ſhould trip by but an abbeſs, well known about town, with a ſmart little nun in her ſuite.

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abbesses

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