Abbess

Eufemia Szaniawska, Abbess of the Benedictine Monastery in Nieśwież with a crosier, c. 1768, National Museum in Warsaw
Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey

An abbess (Latin: abbatissa) is the female superior of a community of nuns in an abbey.[1]