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# abbess

«abbess» in Mova's school dictionary: **the woman who is head of a convent or community of nuns** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural abbesses)

### meaning for a pupil

An abbess is the woman who is head of a convent or community of nuns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbess/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

an old woman in a cloister who leads the nuns and gives help or advice to a visiting hero, often in old tales

### examples

- The abbess led the nuns in prayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbess/#x1)
- The old woman was the Abbess of the convent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbess/#x2)
- The prince asked the abbess for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbess/#x3)
- Every morning the abbess rang the bell for the nuns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbess/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abbess» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abbess/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.