单词 | abbess |
释义 | abbess /ab"is/, n. a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns. [1275-1325; ME abbesse < OF abbesse, abaesse < LL abbatissa, fem. of abbas ABBOT; r. ME abbatisse < LL; in turn r. OE abadisse, abbodesse (cf. OHG abbatissa) < LL *ab(b)adissa for abbatissa] Usage. See -ess. |
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