abbess

female superior of a community of nuns, often an abbey
Intangible ecclesiastical_occupation Q1646408
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abbess

Summary

abbess is an ecclesiastical occupation[1]. abbess draws 2,005 Wikipedia views per month (ecclesiastical_occupation category, ranking #7 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • abbess's instance of is recorded as ecclesiastical occupation[3].
  • abbess's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • abbess is a type of religious sister[5].
  • abbess is a type of superior[6].
  • abbess is a type of nun[7].
  • abbess's Commons category is recorded as Christian abbesses[8].
  • abbess is the opposite of abbot[9].
  • abbess's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Christian abbesses[10].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[11].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia[12].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as Full Orthodox theological dictionary[14].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire de théologie catholique[15].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[17].
  • abbess's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4th ed.)[18].
  • abbess's has characteristic is recorded as female[19].
  • abbess's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as abbey[20].
  • abbess's female form of label is recorded as abadesa[21].
  • abbess's female form of label is recorded as аббатиса[22].
  • abbess's next lower rank is recorded as cloistered nun[23].
  • abbess's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Q59515217[24].
  • abbess's P14483 is recorded as a/abadesa[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ecclesiastical occupation[3] and position[4]. Recorded subclass of include religious sister[5], superior[6], and nun[7]. abbess is the opposite of abbot[9].

Why It Matters

abbess draws 2,005 Wikipedia views per month (ecclesiastical_occupation category, ranking #7 of 49).[2] abbess has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] abbess is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → religious sister, superior, nun
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1638918]]"
  2. 7w ago · Clemens Dulcis · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → abbot
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P461]]: [[Q103163]]"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Ejnar Hertzsprung
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295099, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0342385-abatyse
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0342385-abatyse, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopedic Lexicon, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  6. 18w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → a/abadesa
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: a/abadesa, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Organization directed by the office or position → abbey
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → religious sister, superior, nun
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25521, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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