Abbess

/ˈæbɛs/

[noun]

Abbess

[NOUN]

the female head of an abbey, convent, or other religious houses of nuns

synonyms : mother superior

prioress

Examples

1. And I think that the abbess is one of those sorts of people.

2. It's said that the diabolical abbess remained in the abandoned nunnery, her skin blackened by dismal living conditions and sinister magic.

3. And then much of her disappointment comes from the abbess who she at first admires so much.

4. And the solution for me was Hildegard von Bingen, this mystic, 11th century German abbess, and this idea that flight, back in the Middle Ages, really meant being closer to God.