abbeiesse (c.1165)
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abbeiesse (c.1165)

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  FEW:  abbatissa 24,16a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  abesse 8,13b TL: abesse 1,46 DEAF:  abeesse  DMF:  abbesse  TLF:  abbesse  OED:  abbess n.  MED:  abbes(se n.  DMLBS:  abbatissa 2c
abaesse,  abasse;  abbaesse,  abbasse,  abbeesse,  abbes,  abbesce,  abbesse,  abbez;  abeesse,  abesse,  abiesse  192,  abedesse  1472 var,  albesse  81 (var.),  habesse  231  

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1eccl.femalemonasticoccupationabbess, female head of a nunnery: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  noneins i ot E abbeesse kis guardot  49.154
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  L’abbeiesse fist apeler Qui mere ert en cele meison  15462
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Edborc fu none Et abbesse a Rependone  733
( 1326-27 )  Mabille Wafre, predecesseresse l'abesse qu'ore est  ii 402
abbé  abbot 
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