"presbyteress" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "presbyterissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin presbyterissa",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "presbyter",
        "3": "-ess",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, presbyter + -ess",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin presbyterissa. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ess.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presbyteresses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "presbyteress (plural presbyteresses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "en:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, Charles A. Frazee, “The Origins of Clerical Celibacy in the Western Church”, in Church History, volume 41, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 157",
          "text": "Even a special blessing was included within the liturgy for the wives of married men on the day of their husband's ordination in the sixth century. These women were called presbyteresses (presbyterissae) and were entitled to wear special dress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A presbyter or priest's wife."
      ],
      "id": "en-presbyteress-en-noun-BKqkCEDK",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A presbyter or priest's wife."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "priest's wife",
          "word": "presbytera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "priest's wife",
          "word": "priestess"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ess (female)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ess (wife)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "en:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1863, Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset, David Brown, A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments",
          "text": "Age was doubtless a requisite in presbyters, as it is here stated to have been in presbyteresses, with a view to their influence on the younger persons of their sex. They were supported by the Church, but not the only widows so supported.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity)."
      ],
      "id": "en-presbyteress-en-noun-fhKNSl~A",
      "links": [
        [
          "presbyter",
          "presbyter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "presbyteress"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -ess (female)",
    "English terms suffixed with -ess (wife)",
    "en:Female people"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "presbyterissa"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin presbyterissa",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "presbyter",
        "3": "-ess",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, presbyter + -ess",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin presbyterissa. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ess.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presbyteresses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "presbyteress (plural presbyteresses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, Charles A. Frazee, “The Origins of Clerical Celibacy in the Western Church”, in Church History, volume 41, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 157",
          "text": "Even a special blessing was included within the liturgy for the wives of married men on the day of their husband's ordination in the sixth century. These women were called presbyteresses (presbyterissae) and were entitled to wear special dress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A presbyter or priest's wife."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A presbyter or priest's wife."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1863, Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset, David Brown, A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments",
          "text": "Age was doubtless a requisite in presbyters, as it is here stated to have been in presbyteresses, with a view to their influence on the younger persons of their sex. They were supported by the Church, but not the only widows so supported.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "presbyter",
          "presbyter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A female presbyter (elder of the congregation in early Christianity)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "priest's wife",
      "word": "presbytera"
    },
    {
      "sense": "priest's wife",
      "word": "priestess"
    }
  ],
  "word": "presbyteress"
}