abbess

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Written records showed she became royal abbess of a monastery after the death of her husband, King Offa, who had ruled Mercia, one of the main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

From BBC

Led by the abbess, Elizabeth, the group of three slowly grew, so that by the time Mr. Presutti visited, the convent comprised six nuns and one novice.

From New York Times

She is the monastery’s abbess, the superior of the monastic community.

From Washington Times

Led by the abbess, Elizabeth, the group of three slowly grew, so that by the time I visited, the convent comprised six nuns and one novice.

From New York Times

The church honors Saint Hild, a seventh-century noblewoman and abbess cited for her wisdom and learning by the Venerable Bede, England’s first great historian, and the author of the “Ecclesiastical History of the English People.”

From The New Yorker