复数： abbesses

The superior of an abbey is called an abbess .

修道院的院长被称为女修道院院长。

The abbess is not alone .

这位女修道院长并非是孤家寡人。

I don 't know how much the abbess told you .

我不知道院长告诉了你多少。

The abbess gave the little boy some money .

这名女修道院院长给了那个小男孩一些钱。

Typical of western monasticism were the abbeys , self-contained communities of monks ruled by an abbot or of nuns ruled by an abbess .

西方修道典型的是修道院，由一个方丈或由女修道院院长裁定和尚尼姑统治独立的社区。