badessa

Concepts

abbess

prelatess

mother superior

prioress

Synonyms

superiora

priora

abbadessa

Translations

abbesse

abadesa

Äbtissin

abdis

abadessa

abadessa

abbatissa

ηγουμένη

Abtissin

başrahibe

baş rahibe

mère supérieure

abadessa

Hyphenated as

ba‧dés‧sa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baˈdes.sa/

Etymology

Apheresis of earlier abadessa, abbadessa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa, from Latin abbas. Cognate with Sicilian badissa.