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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the superior of a group of nuns;
[syn: abbess, mother superior, prioress]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abbess \Ab"bess\ ([a^]b"b[e^]s), n. [OF. abaesse, abeesse, F. abbesse, L. abbatissa, fem. of abbas, abbatis, abbot. See Abbot.] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abbess n 1: the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother superior, prioress]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "abbess": canoness, chatelaine, clergywoman, conventual, dame, dowager, first lady, goodwife, governess, great lady, homemaker, housewife, lady superior, madam, matriarch, matron, mistress, mother superior, novice, nun, postulant, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, sister, superioress, the reverend mother