An abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey.
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Eufemia Justyna Szaniawska was an Abbess of the Benedictine Monastery in Nieśwież (Nesvizh).
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Abdij Roosenberg,portret joanna Maria van Doorslaere de Ten Ryen.- Waasmunster
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