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Webster 1913 Edition


Prioress

Pri′or-ess

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Noun.
[OF.
prioresse
.]
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prioress

PRI'ORESS

,
Noun.
A female superior of a convent of nuns.

Definition 2024


prioress

prioress

English

Noun

prioress (plural prioresses)

  1. a nun in charge of a priory; an abbess or mother superior

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