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"word": "尼僧院長"
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"word": "аббати́са"
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"ref": "1793, John Wolcot, A Poetical, Serious, and Possibly Impertinent, Epistle to the Pope, Ode II, page 33",
"text": "So an old Abbess for the rattling Rakes, / A tempting dish of human nature makes, / And dresses up a luscious Maid: / I rather should have said, indeed, undresses, / To please a youth's unsanctified caresses.",
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"ref": "1881, Pierce Egan, chapter 8, in Life in London, page 205",
"text": "\"I mean to inform you,\" answered the Oxonian, with a grin on his face, \"that those three nymphs, who have so much dazzled your optics, are three nuns, and the plump female is Mother .... of great notoriety, but generally designated the Abbess of .... Her residence is at no great distance from one of the royal palaces; and she is distinguished for her bold ingenuous line of conduct in the profession which she has chosen to adopt; so much so, indeed, that she eclipses all her competitors in infamy.\"",
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"feminine"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
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"word": "აბატისა"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "尼僧院長"
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"feminine"
],
"word": "abadessa"
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"code": "roa-opt",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
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"word": "abadessa"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stareță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "abbatísa",
"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аббати́са"
},
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"word": "abadesa"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "female superior of a nunnery",
"word": "başrahibe"
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