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prioress

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pri·or·ess  (prr-s)
n.
A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey.
[Middle English prioresse, from Old French, feminine of prior, a prior; see prior2.]
prioress [ˈpraɪərɪs]
n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) a nun holding an office in her convent corresponding to that of a prior in a male religious order
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.prioressprioress - the superior of a group of nuns      
abbess, mother superior
mother - a term of address for a mother superior
superior - the head of a religious community
Translations
prioress [ˈpraɪərɪs] N → priora f
prioress [ˈpraɪərɛs] n → prieure f
prioress
n → Priorin f
prioress [ˈpraɪərɪs] n → priora
prioress [ˈpraɪərɪs] n → priora


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Thus it came that, on the morning of the fourth day, he called Little John to him, and told him that he could not shake the fever from him, and that he would go to his cousin, the prioress of the nunnery near Kirklees, in Yorkshire, who was a skillful leech, and he would have her open a vein in his arm and take a little blood from him, for the bettering of his health.
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Besides all the other religious folk there were a prioress and a nun.
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She had become prioress of Argenteuil and led a life of complete seclusion.
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