PRIORESS


Meaning of PRIORESS in English

-ī(ə)rə̇s noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English prioresse, from Old French, from Medieval Latin priorissa, from prior + Late Latin -issa -ess

: a nun whose rank in an order of women corresponds to that of prior in an order of men

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