Abbess is valid Scrabble Word

Is abbess a scrabble word?
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6 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
12 points in WWF

Definitions for ABBESS in dictionary:

NOUN:

a female abbot, head of a nunnery
a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.
nun in charge of a convent
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.
the superior of a group of nuns

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

the female superior of a convent of nuns

Words related to ABBESS

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Words that contain ABBESS

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How to use ABBESS in a sentence

Catherine who was dominating her followers like any abbess of old.
The Abbess received her as a sister, and welcomed her right honourably.
As he rode home from some tournament, he passed near the convent, and prayed the Abbess that he might look upon her niece.
Here she entered a convent, and rose to be the abbess.
The sisters promised to bring the mother abbess to her bedside as soon as the matins should be over.
The abbess was a tall, fair, blue-eyed woman, upon whose serene brow the seal of eternal peace seemed set.
The abbess no longer opposed her speaking, although it was evident that her illness was hourly increasing.
The abbess had taken care to have books of devotion laid upon her little table, but Salome never opened one of them.
Salome bent her head, and the abbess solemnly blessed her, and then withdrew from the room.
The abbess softly slipped out of the room and left the guest to complete her toilet.

Then the abbess and her companion ceased speaking, and lowered their eyes to the floor until the strangers should pass them.
The abbess sat with clasped hands, lowered eyelids, and face as pale as death.
It was furnished poorly with a narrow cot bed, a wooden stool, and a small stand, upon which lay the office-book of the abbess, and above which hung the crucifix.
As Salome entered the cell, the abbess arose from her knees and signed for her visitor to be seated.
The abbess gave the necessary orders to a couple of young nuns, who hurried off to obey them.
Had the queen come forth as an abbess, I think that I had left you for very shame.
Then Ailwin told the abbess to keep me with her until all things were safe, when he would return for me.
The Abbess sat in the centre, immediately below the dial, with a book in her hand, and was turning the pages.
And after that the Abbess had him instructed, and he left the life in the world for the religious life.
If, as often happened, the father did not offer enough, the abbess would try to get more from him, or else refuse his daughter altogether.
At last, however, they realised that help was needed, and arrived to find their abbess lying senseless.
Anne he had expected to remain, for she was full of little fancies and vanities, and he could not imagine her submitting to the work which he knew the abbess loved.
Some of the Maubuisson nuns remembered their new abbess quite well, when she had lived amongst them nearly seventeen years before.
A circle in the centre contains the family arms of the abbess, a shield on which three crescent moons are set diagonally.
Turning his horse around again toward the abbess he asked her whether she had received his mandate.
I shall acquaint the lady abbess that you are going to your husband, for it would not be safe to let her suppose that you have reasons for quitting the convent.
It was said that this princess was the first lady abbess.
She therefore took leave of the abbess, and went to bed, softly rocked by the ideas of vengeance which the name of Kitty had naturally brought to her thoughts.
Its abbess is not the traditional pious, fat old lady, but a tall, thin, practical and active woman.
But the abbess herself could give them no further news.
In European history the abbess is a notable figure.
For Queen Guenevere abode in the great nunnery of Almesbury where Sir Launcelot had found her, and presently, for the holiness of her life, was made Abbess.

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