英语词汇“abbess”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

abbess

/ˈabɛs

noun

A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.Abbots, abbesses and bishops were buried with their croziers, the pastoral staffs symbolic of their office....

One example of this is in his sermon on St. Hilda, the seventh-century abbess who ruled over a double monastery of men and women at Whitby.
There are many women who, as abbesses or as ordinary nuns, did much for learning and welfare.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French abbesse 'female abbot', from ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot).

单词	abbess
释义	abbess /ˈabɛs / noun A woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.Abbots, abbesses and bishops were buried with their croziers, the pastoral staffs symbolic of their office.... One example of this is in his sermon on St. Hilda, the seventh-century abbess who ruled over a double monastery of men and women at Whitby. There are many women who, as abbesses or as ordinary nuns, did much for learning and welfare. Origin Middle English: from Old French abbesse 'female abbot', from ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot).
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