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prioress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abbess, mother superior |
| Type of | superior |
| Has types | mother |
Examples of prioress
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Lorenzo convinces Agnes to tell of her experiences at the hands of the prioress.
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Silence was maintained unless the prioress granted an exception for a specific cause.
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He is describing the prioress as elegant but she had medieval manners.
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It was a matter of financial life and death, explains Sister Maris Stella, the prioress.
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Eager for something lighter, they turn to one of the priests traveling with the prioress.
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During the procession honoring St. Clare, the prioress is arrested.
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Lucy was not allowed to speak to any person but her confessor, who was chosen by the prioress.
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The prioress circulates the story of Agnes's death to everyone, including Agnes's own relations.
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At Mother St. Ursula's revelation that the prioress is a murderer, the crowd turns to rioting.
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- Abbess: the superior of a group of nuns
- A priory is a house of men or women under religious vows headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or religious sisters (as the Dominicans, Augustinians and Carmelites, for instance), or monasteries of monks or nuns (as the Carthusians).
- The head of a nunnery; in some orders of a lesser house dependent upon an abbey
- A nun equivalent in rank to the prior of a monastery (GP 118, 839; Words of the Host (447-454).
- The prioress is the spiritual and business head of women's Benedictine communities (the abbot is the head of men's communities).
- The spiritual and administrative head of a priory of nuns, elected by the community or nominated by the founding family of the monastery
- Either the head of a priory, or in an Abbey the Abbess' deputy.
