The Female Head of a Convent or Community of Nuns
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Street Fair, Group 1313, Puzzle 5 (Vintage Pieces).
Question is: The Female Head of a Convent or Community of Nuns
and the answer is: ABBESS
Word Meaning:
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.
Definitions from Wiktionary.