abbess
C19571
concept
An abbess is the female superior and spiritual leader of a community of nuns in a convent or abbey, responsible for their governance, discipline, and religious life.
Observed surface forms (10)
- Byzantine abbess ×2
- Christian abbess ×1
- English abbess ×1
- Princess-Abbess ×1
- Reverend Mother ×1
- abbess of Quedlinburg ×1
- bhikkhunī ×1
- medieval abbess ×1
- princess-abbess ×1
- prioress ×1
Instances (49)
- Anthousa
- Renée, Abbess of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames de Reims
- Ita of Killeedy
- Cecilia of Normandy
- Saint Hilda of Whitby
- Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate
- Lady Jessica via concept surface "Reverend Mother"
- Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans
- Kassia via concept surface "Byzantine abbess"
- Theodrada
- Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī via concept surface "bhikkhunī"
- Brigid of Kildare
- Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau
- Chiara Offreduccio
- Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg via concept surface "princess-abbess"
- Saint Walpurga
- Philippa of Coimbra via concept surface "prioress"
- Mother Angélique Arnauld
- Saint Werburgh
- Euphrosyne of Polotsk
- Scholastique of Champagne
- Maria Kunigunde of Saxony via concept surface "Princess-Abbess"
- Æbbe the Elder
- Princess Louise Hollandine of the Palatinate
- Saint Etheldreda
- Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart
- Héloïse
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Irmina
surface form: Irmina of Oeren
- Amalia of Nassau-Dietz
- Saint Mildred of Thanet via concept surface "English abbess"
- Henriette Louise de Bourbon
- Cyneburh of Mercia
- Cwoenthryth
- Gayane
- Werburh of Mercia
- Matilda of Germany
- Kassiani via concept surface "Byzantine abbess"
- Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen
- Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
- Æthelthryth
- Matilda of France
- Adelheid I of Quedlinburg via concept surface "medieval abbess"
- Sophia I of Gandersheim
- Iduberga via concept surface "Christian abbess"
- Anselperga
- Adelaide II, Abbess of Quedlinburg
- Abbesses of Montmartre Abbey
- Emma of Barcelona
- Saint Audrey