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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19194" /> == | |||
<p> </p> | <p> The superior of an abbey or convent of nuns. The abbess has the same rights and authority over her nuns that the abbots regular have over their monks. The sex, indeed, does not allow her to perform the spiritual functions annexed to the priesthood, wherewith the abbot is usually invested; but there are instances of some abbesses who have a right, or rather a privilege, to commission a priest to act for them. They have even a kind of episcopal jurisdiction, as well as some abbots who are exempted from the visitation of their diocesan. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_81792" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) [[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. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17078" /> == | |||
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<ref name="term_19194"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-buck-theological-dictionary/abbess Abbess from Charles Buck Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81792"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/abbess Abbess from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_17078"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/abbess Abbess from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_17078"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/abbess Abbess from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
The superior of an abbey or convent of nuns. The abbess has the same rights and authority over her nuns that the abbots regular have over their monks. The sex, indeed, does not allow her to perform the spiritual functions annexed to the priesthood, wherewith the abbot is usually invested; but there are instances of some abbesses who have a right, or rather a privilege, to commission a priest to act for them. They have even a kind of episcopal jurisdiction, as well as some abbots who are exempted from the visitation of their diocesan.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) 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.
