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Showing words for ABBESS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Abbess

abbess

5 Letter Words for Abbess

abbes, babes, bases, basse, sabes

4 Letter Words for Abbess

abbe, abbs, asse, babe, base, bass, besa, bess, ebbs, sabe, sabs, seas, sebs

3 Letter Words for Abbess

abb, abs, aes, asb, ase, ass, bab, bae, bas, bbs, bes, eas, ebb, ebs, ess, sab, sbe, sea, sse

Definitions for Abbess

[1] a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.
[2] the female superior of a convent

Words related to Abbess

sister, bishop, vestal, anchorite, prioress, postulant, dignitary, cardinal, abbot, ecclesiastic, hierarch, archbishop, canoness, superior, ecclesiarch

Words nearby Abbess

abbatial, abbe, abbe condenser, abbe number, abbed, abbess, abbeville, abbevillian, abbey, abbey theatre, abbie

Origin of Abbess

1275–1325; Middle English abbesse < Old French abbesse, abaesse < Late Latin abbātissa, feminine of abbās abbot; replacing Middle English abbatisse < Late Latin; in turn replacing Old English abadisse, abbodesse (compare Old High German abbatissa ) < Late Latin *ab(b)adissa for abbātissa

Word origin for Abbess

C13: from Old French, from Church Latin abbātissa

Synonyms for Abbess

sister, anchorite, postulant, prioress, vestal, canoness, mother superior, religious woman