'abbess' definitions:
Definition of 'abbess'
From: WordNet
noun
The superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother superior, prioress]
Synonyms of 'abbess'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- canoness,
- chatelaine,
- clergywoman,
- conventual,
- dame,
- dowager,
- first lady,
- goodwife,
- governess,
- great lady,
- homemaker,
- housewife,
- lady superior,
- madam,
- matriarch,
- matron,
- mistress,
- mother superior,
- novice,
- nun,
- postulant,
- prioress,
- religieuse,
- secular canoness,
- sister,
- superioress,
- the reverend mother