"prioress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prioresses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English prieresse, priorasse, priores, prioresse, priorisse, priouresse, priures, priuresse, prowres, pryoras, pryorys, pryowresse, from Medieval Latin priōrissa and Old French prioresse, prieuresse; equivalent to prior + -ess. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|prieresse}} Middle English prieresse, {{der|en|ML.|priōrissa}} Medieval Latin priōrissa, {{der|en|fro|prioresse}} Old French prioresse, {{suffix|en|prior|ess<id:female>}} prior + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} prioress (plural prioresses)
  1. A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior. Categories (topical): Monasticism Translations (a nun in charge of a priory): priora [feminine] (Catalan), prioressa [feminine] (Catalan), prieure [feminine] (French), prieuresse [feminine] (French), Priorin [feminine] (German), banphrióir [masculine] (Irish), priorissa [feminine] (Latin), priorinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), priorinne [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przeorysza [feminine] (Polish), prioră [feminine] (Romanian), настоя́тельница (nastojátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), priora [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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