Abessa
Abessa, the impersonation of abbeys and convents in Spenser's Faërie Queene, i. 3. She is the paramour of Kirkrapine, who used to rob churches and poor-boxes, and bring his plunder to Abessa, daughter of Corceca (blindness of heart).
The Reader's Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories and Poems
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A New Edition Revised Throughout and Greatly Enlarged
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1899
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Abessa: the personification of Abbeys and Convents and the paramour of Kirkrapine.
--Spenser, Faëry Queene.
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