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abbess

/ab-is/US // ˈæb ɪs //UK // (ˈæbɪs) //

女修道士,女修道院院长,女修道院长,女修道者

Related Words

sister妹妹,姐姐,姐妹,姊妹bishop主教,主教大人,主主教vestal圣母玛利亚,马斯特尔,圣母院,圣母玛利亚人anchorite抛锚者,锚定者,锚泊者,碇泊者prioress女祭司,女教士,女牧师,女教父postulant后进生,后学者,后生,后补人员dignitary要人,政要,显要人物,显贵cardinal红衣主教,红衣大主教,红衣主教的,红雀abbot住持,大修道院院长,修道士,院长ecclesiastic教会主义,教士,教会的,教会hierarch等级制度,层次结构,阶层,层次archbishop大主教,总主教,主教,拱门主教mother superior母上大人,母后,母校,院长canoness女教士,女教员,女教官,女律师superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的ecclesiarch教士长,教主,教士,教会主席reverend mother尊敬的母亲,尊贵的母亲,尊敬的妈妈,尊敬的母亲大人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as innun
Synonyms
sister妹妹,姐姐,姐妹,姊妹anchorite抛锚者,锚定者,锚泊者,碇泊者postulant后进生,后学者,后生,后补人员prioress女祭司,女教士,女牧师,女教父vestal圣母玛利亚,马斯特尔,圣母院,圣母玛利亚人canoness女教士,女教员,女教官,女律师mother superior母上大人,母后,母校,院长religious woman女教徒,虔诚的女人,信徒妇女,虔诚的女教徒
as inmother superior
Synonyms
holy mother圣母玛利亚,圣母,圣洁的母亲,神圣的母亲ecclesiarch教士长,教主,教士,教会主席lady superior女上司,女优,女主人公,女主人翁prioress女祭司,女教士,女牧师,女教父reverend mother尊敬的母亲,尊贵的母亲,尊敬的妈妈,尊敬的母亲大人superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的superioress女超人,超女,超级大妈,超级女巫
as inprelate
Synonyms
bishop主教,主教大人,主主教abbot住持,大修道院院长,修道士,院长archbishop大主教,总主教,主教,拱门主教cardinal红衣主教,红衣大主教,红衣主教的,红雀dignitary要人,政要,显要人物,显贵ecclesiastic教会主义,教士,教会的,教会hierarch等级制度,层次结构,阶层,层次

Examples

  • Maria sings "My Favorite Things" in the abbey to Mother Abbess, not to the children.

  • Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete, died; celebrated as the mistress of Abelard, and for her learning.

  • The portrait of an abbess is to be seen in the left-hand corner; above is a row of ten figures—saints, bishops, and holy women.

  • Bishop Fox in his injunctions in 1507 forbade sundry priests to hold any communication with the abbess or with any of the nuns.

  • A true mother in God the abbess proved, and a dutiful and loving daughter was Æthelflæd.

  • Sometimes the abbess was forbidden to take into the convent more than a certain number of nuns.

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