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 244 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 is a type of ordinary[8].
  • abbess's Commons category is recorded as Christian abbesses[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 {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'abadesa'}[21].
  • abbess's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'аббатиса'}[22].
  • abbess's next lower rank is recorded as cloistered nun[23].
  • abbess's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Q59515217[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ecclesiastical occupation[3] and position[4]. Recorded subclass of include religious sister[5], superior[6], nun[7], and ordinary[8].

Why It Matters

abbess draws 244 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.[25] abbess is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d 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 +1
    + 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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