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the female superior of a community of
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An Abbess is the female leader of a small community of nuns. 
You have to be a nun for a certain amount of time before you can be an Abbess.  
An Abbess is voted into office by secret votes of the community she would lead. 
A woman of illegitimate birth, who is not a virgin, or is a widow cannot be an Abbess.  
The sisters looked to their Abbess for encouragement.  
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