Clues for the word "ABBESS"
We've had 56 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 99 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Your Life Choices crossword on December 03, 2025.
Definition of abbess
- n. - A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.
Referring Clues
- Religious leader
- "The Sound of Music" figure
- Superior
- Big sister?
- Héloïse or Saint Walpurgis
- Convent leader
- Nun's superior
- Woman with the title Right Reverend
- "Sound of Music" boss
- Mother superior
- Sisters' superior
- Head nun
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" singer in "The Sound of Music"
- Top nun
- Big sister
- "Sound of Music" boss
- One at the top of the order
- Convent head
- Convent head
- Convent superior
- First in an order
- Sisters' leader
- Superior of a convent
- Convent kingpin
- Person at the top of the order
- Convent figure
- Superior woman?
- Who sings "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" in "The Sound of Music"
- Convent overseer
- Mother figure
- Cloister head
- Sailor is married to Elizabeth, a superior lady
- Sailor girl with unmarried sisters in her care
- A very good and superior woman
- Superior of convent
- Female superior
- Principal of convent
- Religious leader with no need for a highwayman's horse
- Superior rating given to the "Black Horse"
- Religious leader wedding Jack and Elizabeth
- Big sister?
- She's responsible for order
- A black horse for a highwayman - and his sister?
- Sailor queen over sisters?
- She's not merely good, but superior
- Clergywoman
- A British queen said to be good religious leader
- Top of the order?
- Maria's boss in "The Sound of Music"
- Order superior
- Number one nun
- Convent boss
- She oversees an order
- Seaman with a name for a superior woman
- Convent authority
- Conventional leader?
Last Seen In
- Your Life Choices - December 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 16, 2025
- LA Times - September 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 03, 2025
- Daily American - June 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 11, 2025
- LA Times - April 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 22, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 08, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 21, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 28, 2024
- Daily American - February 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 20, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 11, 2023
- Daily American - June 24, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - June 22, 2023
- LA Times - June 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 31, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 06, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 01, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - September 22, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - August 14, 2022
- Daily Quick - July 08, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - June 30, 2022
- And in 69 more crossword puzzles...