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prioress|ˈpraɪərɪs|
[ME. a. OF. prioresse, prieuresse (13th c. in Godef.) = med.L. priōrissa (c 1135 in Abelard): see prior n. and -ess1.]
A nun holding a position under an abbess similar to a claustral prior; also, one governing her own house like a conventual prior: see prior n. 1.
c1290St. Edmund 161 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 436 Boþe his sustren..Nounnes he made þere..Þe eldore was sethþe prioresse of þe lauedies ech-on. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 7808 Þyr com to hym, for hys godenesse, A nunne, y wene a pryores. c1386Chaucer Prol. 118 Ther was..a Nonne a Prioresse That of hir smylyng was ful symple and coy. c1440Promp. Parv. 413/2 Pryowresse, priorissa. 1535in Lett. Suppress. Monasteries (Camden) 91 The two prioresses wolde not confesse this,..nor none of the nunnes. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. i. iv. 11 When you haue vowd, you must not speake with men, But in the presence of the Prioresse. 1759Johnson Rasselas xlix, [She] wished only to fill it with pious maidens, and to be made prioress of the order. 1808Scott Marm. ii. xix, Tynemouth's haughty Prioress. 1861Craik Hist. Eng. Lit. I. 301 With how genuine a courtesy..he first addresses himself to the modest Clerk, and the gentle Lady Prioress, and the Knight.
For pronunciation read: |ˈpraɪərɪs, praɪəˈrɛs| and add: Hence prioresship, prioress-ship ns., the (period of) office of a prioress.
1914P. Guilday Eng. Catholic Refugees on Continent xi. 380 They were able to continue during the prioress-ship of Mother Margaret Clement in peace and amity. 1938Sr. Mary Emmanuel Life Sr. Marie de S. Pierre iv. 40 Under the Prioresship of Mother Marguerite of the Blessed Sacrament..the church was consecrated. |