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Directress vs Abbess - What's the difference?

directress | abbess |

As nouns the difference between directress and abbess

is that directress is a female director while abbess is 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.

directress

English

Noun

(directresses)
  • A female director.

    • Synonyms

    * directrix

    abbess

    English

    (wikipedia abbess)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) abbatess * (obsolete) abbotess

    Noun

    (es)
  • 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.
    • The ''abbess'' was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.

    Synonyms

    * (female superior of a nunnery) mother superior

    Related terms

    * abbey * abbot

    References