English Dictionary

abbess

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæb.ɪs/

名詞

イギリス英語 古語 俗語

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.

日本語の意味

修道院や修道女施設の女性最高責任者、すなわち女院長。

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

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。

意味（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.

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

意味（2）

(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.

abbesses （ plural ）