abb.

/AE1 B/
noun
  1. 1

    Abbreviation of abbey. [The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.]

  2. 2

    Abbreviation of abbot. [The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.]

  3. 3

    Abbreviation of abbess. [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.]