abbess

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“The Dodgers capitulated in response to hateful and misleading information from people outside their community,” Sister Rosie Partridge, president and an abbess of the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

However, the grave finds suggested it was of a very devout high-status woman such as an abbess, royalty, or perhaps both, archaeologists said.

From BBC

It was also a time where Christianity was spreading, and abbesses and other high-status women could play an important role in this.”

From New York Times

“She was extremely devout, but was she a princess? Was she a nun? Was she more than a nun – an abbess? … We don’t know,” Blackmore said.

From Seattle Times

However, the combination of grave finds suggested it was of a very devout high-status woman such as an abbess, royalty, or perhaps both.

From BBC