abbotess

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English abbodesse, from Old English abbadisse, abbodyse, from Medieval Latin abbātissa; equivalent to abbot +‎ -ess. === Noun === abbotess (plural abbotesses) Obsolete form of abbess. [attested until the late 17th century] === References === Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbotess”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.