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Abbess

For the Buddhist title, see Abbot and abbess (Buddhism).
"Reverend Mother" redirects here. For the fictional characters of Dune, see Bene Gesserit.
Eufemia Szaniawska, Abbess of the Benedictine Monastery in Nieśwież with a crosier, c. 1768, National Museum in Warsaw
Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey
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An abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey.[1]

  1. ^ Oestreich (1913).

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