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A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
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The female form of abbot. The superior of a convent.
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the spiritual and administrative head of an abbey of nuns, elected by the community or nominated by the founding family of the house
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