And in the calendar of the house of the Paraclete she is recorded in these words: Heloise, mother and first abbess of this place, famous for her learning and religion.
The abbess possessed the right to crown the queen at coronation ceremonies, and exercised it as late as 1836, wearing all the magnificent insignia of her rank in the order.
The abbess alone took upon herself the vow of perpetual virginity.
He was received by the lady abbess in the habit of her order, a cross of gold in her hand; mounted on a white horse she rode at the head of the procession that marched to meet him.
Go, some of you, knock at the abbey-gate, And bid the lady abbess come to me: I will determine this before I stir.
It appears that London himself wrote to Cromwell the day after to beg him to favour the abbess and her sisters[426].
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Death, in a wreath of flags, pulls away the Abbess by her scapulary in sight of a shrieking nun.
I may add that the volume was printed privately by the Abbess herself, helped by some of the nuns, in a little hand-press belonging to the convent, and has never been in circulation.
We can understand certain ideas of the Abbess of Agréda who declares that She was exempt from the defilements inflicted on women; we see what St. Thomas meant who asserted that Her beauty purified instead of agitating the senses.
Just as sunshine disperses darkness, says theAbbess of Rupertsberg, the Fern puts nightmares to flight.
Till this time the phenomena described by the matchless Abbesshad been exactly repeated.
There were doubts as to her being admitted to the Order, and again Saint Theresa intervened and commanded the Abbess to receive her.
This year Archbishop Theodore appointed a synod at Hatfield; because he was desirous of rectifying the belief of Christ; and the same year died Hilda, Abbess of Whitby.
She was the lastabbess of St. Mildred's in the Isle of Thanet; not Canterbury, as Harpsfield and Lambard say.
As he returned homeward, he ordered the Abbessof Leominster to be fetched him; and he had her as long as he list, after which he let her go home.
This year died King Cuthred in Kent, and Abbess Colburga, and Alderman Herbert.
And all this because the Abbess of the Ursulines is your niece.
He was a resolute imperialist, and accepted his pallium from Wiberto, after which he made Liutgarda abbess of a convent in his diocese.
The Princesse de Carignan, the grandmother of King Charles Albert, was a Princess Joséphine of Lorraine and a sister of the charming Princesse Charlotte, the Abbess of Remiremont, for whom M.
She was appointedAbbess of Remiremont by Louis XVI.
The nuns had obeyed their abbess so well, that not a whisper of Salome's presence in the house had been heard outside its walls.
The abbess continued to gaze on the portrait, and whispered: "I think I am mistaken.
After gazing intently at the miniature for a few minutes, she turned to the abbess and said: "You tell me that you have not looked at this for twenty years?
The abbess tried many gentle expedients to arouse Salome from her moral torpor, but all her efforts were fruitless.
On his arrival, soon after five o'clock, he was met by the portress, who ushered him into the receiving parlor and sent to warn the abbess of his presence.
The abbess followed the direction with her eyes, and answered: "No, I do not see any one there.
The abbess silently took up the ring and the paper, and examined the first and read the last, saying: "Such mysterious donations to the children are not uncommon, and are generally supposed to be offered by the unknown parents.
So urged, the abbess took it, gazed wistfully at the pictured face, and murmured: "It is possible.
The abbess folded her hands, cast down her eyes, and resumed her meditations or prayers.
The abbess looked up in a grave inquiry at this second intrusion.
The abbess softly slipped out of the room and left the guest to complete her toilet.
There is one letter, written by the clever and beautiful Eleonore de Rohan, Abbess de Malnoue, and addressed to the author, which deserves to be read for its fine and just sentiments.
Descartes, niece of the great philosopher; and, at rare intervals, the clever Abbess de Rohan who tempered her piety with a little sage worldliness.
In the ancient city of Ephesus we have ducats, marks, and guilders, and the abbess of a nunnery.
The Pope appointed her Abbess of Remiremont, a Benedictine community of high-born ladies, which she endeavoured to reform.
A convent, over which an abbess of royal blood had presided, could not fail to enjoy considerable privileges; and it retained them to the period of the revolution.
The house of theabbess of St. Amand is still standing, though neglected, and in a great degree in ruins.
The abbess obeyed, declaring at the same time, that she did it solely for the honour of her nuns and those of the other houses of St. Benedict.
In a short time, the abbess and twenty-five nuns were attacked in the same manner.
Go, some of you, knock at the abbey gate, And bid the Lady Abbess come to me, I will determine this before I stir.
Then they fled Into this abbey, whither we pursu'd them; And here the Abbess shuts the gates on us, And will not suffer us to fetch him out, Nor send him forth that we may bear him hence.
The abbess came of princely race; The nuns might not gainsay; And sadly passed the timid band, To execute the high command They dared not disobey.
The abbess died; and in her pride Her parting mandate said They should her final rest provide, The alabaster couch beside, Where slept the sainted dead.
Tis said the abbess rests not well In that sepulchral pile; But yearly, when the night comes round As dies of "one" the bell's deep sound She flits along the aisle.
Jacqueline Marie Arnauld—better known by her official name, La Mère Angélique—was appointed abbess of Port Royal when she was only eight years of age.
At the age of eleven, in the year 1602, Angélique was installed Abbess of Port Royal.
She shrank from her high position, saying that an abbess had to answer to God for the souls of her nuns, and she was sure that she would have enough to do to take care of her own.
This Frain thriv'd from year to year; The abbess niece men ween'd it were.
After some months the Abbess pleaded illness, left the convent, and set out for the waters, as she said.
He bore the affair as well as he could; carried away the Abbess and her baggage; and, as the scandal was public, made her send in her resignation and hide herself in another convent, where she lived more than forty years.
Footnote 6: St. Etheldreda (or AEthelthryth) was the foundress and firstabbess of Ely monastery (A.
Maud had been sent from Scotland at a very early age and committed to the care of her English aunt Christina, the pious Abbess of Wilton.
Her sister Sexburga was the second abbess of Ely, and second only to herself in sanctity.
Footnote 73: Withburga or Werburga was the fourth abbess of Ely.
The Countess and Margaret were away for the day, on a visit to the Abbessof Thetford; Eva and Marie were out on the leads; Hawise was busy in her own apartments.
They will not, if I tell the Abbess that thou art a new convert," said Bruno.
But theAbbess Hilda and her associates were for the Scots, as was also the venerable bishop Cedd, long before ordained by the Scots.
I did not exactly tell the abbess that, but I said enough for a clever woman as she was to grasp my meaning.
I see you do not believe me, but I assure you that the abbess threatened me with excommunication if I let myself be seen by a man.
I warned him, however, that I should write to theabbess directly I got to London, who was the first person he must go and see at Lisbon, as she would have my address.
The same day Madame du Rumain had a letter from the abbess telling her that her young friend had given birth to a fine boy, who had been sent away to a place where he would be well looked after.
You may assure her that the abbess will be friendly, will come and see her every now and then, will give her proper books--in a word, that she will be well looked after.
Coudert knew was partly admitted to the secret, and she obtained the leave of absence for three months from the Bishop of Chamberi, and the abbessconsented to my going.
The count burst into tears, and begging the abbess to protect us both gave her my jewel-casket, which the worthy woman received with great pleasure.
The abbess tells me that from that day she has heard nothing about him, but that all Lisbon is talking over the affair, but in a wholly distorted manner.
She spoke in it of the quiet life she was leading, and her gratitude to me, praised the abbess and the lay-sister, and gave me the titles of the books they lent her, which she liked reading.
When the abbess had written this curious letter she paid a visit to the count, who fell on his knees before her.
This was perfectly true, but the abbess added that her only reason for her going back to her family was that she had nothing more to dread from the attentions of M.
The abbess in question was a princess, and her convent was consequently a place above all suspicion.
The abbess will bring her answers to me, and I will pass them on to you.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "abbess" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: abbess; chatelaine; dame; dowager; governess; matron; mistress; novice; nun; postulant; priest
