庵あん主じゅ

noun

owner of a hermitage; abbess; prioress; nun in charge of a Buddhist convent

Refers to a person who lives in and manages a small Buddhist hermitage or convent. Can be a monk or nun, but often used for a female head of a convent (abbess/prioress).

• 彼かの女じょは小ちいさな寺てらの庵あん主じゅとして静しずかに暮くらしている。

  She lives quietly as the abbess of a small temple.

• その庵あん主じゅは毎まい朝あさ、庭にわの手て入いれを欠かかさない。

  The owner of the hermitage never fails to tend the garden every morning.