The abbess was a kind and caring woman. From LearnThat.org.
In European history the abbess is a notable figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji] Reference
"Well, my daughter is a political abbess, that is all.". From Wordnik.com. [Une fille du régent. English] Reference
The abbess was a lady of the most noble birth, connected with the royal house of Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Lady of Lone] Reference
The abbess was a woman of high rank, and descended from Gualter de Evereaux, Earl of Rosmar, a. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalen; or, the Penitent of Godstow] Reference
In this instance the abbess was the head of all; and this accounts for Bede's calling the house a nunnery. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
The abbess was a tall, fair, blue-eyed woman, upon whose serene brow the seal of eternal peace seemed set. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Lady of Lone] Reference
Let me see, the abbess is a princess, is she not? ". From Wordnik.com. [Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)] Reference
Go call the abbess hither. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]] Reference
His pagan room for an abbess defies easy analysis. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio's Conundrum] Reference
The fifth, her installation as abbess of Ely, by Wilfred. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
The abbess had ordered the sturgeon to be served up first. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Wilfred Bishop of York; St. Erminilda, the third abbess; and. From Wordnik.com. [Ely Cathedral] Reference
Her answer was, that the abbess had enjoined her that penance. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The abbess of this latter is the first princess of the empire. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
"My lady," he said to the abbess, when he learnt what had occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Maud, who had renounced the world in her widowhood, was then abbess. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
But St. Sissetrude is called by Jonas of Bobio, cellerer, not abbess. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
She bade farewell to the abbess, assuring her that she would speedily return. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
The abbess and the purveyor were but ill-pleased to hear what the old man said. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
"Do you mock us?" continued the abbess, as the cook stood trembling and silent. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
In 1514 Araldi did a room for the abbess in the older, fashionable Gothic style. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio's Conundrum] Reference
Upon her return to England she was consecrated first abbess of Minstre, in Thanet, by. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
In another, they are hidden in oil-skins, and sold to the abbess of a certain convent for oil. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
It reached its pinnacle at the turn of the 16th century when Giovanna da Piacenza became abbess. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio's Conundrum] Reference
We had a very cruel abbess in the kitchen, and this was one reason of our being punished so often. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
It was from the abbess of the Ursulines, whose chapel is only separated from ours by a party-wall. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
His letter to Walburge, first abbess of Nienherse, is a pathetic exhortation to humility and virginity. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
As a support to the Credence-table in the chancel is a stone with an effigy of a lady abbess of Stixwould. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
She clearly represents the abbess, and the partial moon over her head repeats Giovanna's own coat of arms. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio's Conundrum] Reference
The abbess and her train approached the landing-place, and admired the strength and superior size of the fish. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
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