vowessn.

Brit.

/vaʊˈɛs/,

/ˈvaʊᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈvaʊəs/

Forms: Also 1500s voiesse, woys(s)e, vowes, woves, wowes; 1500s–1600s vowesse.

Etymology: Compare vower n.¹ and -ess suffix¹.

Now Historical or archaic.

1. A woman, esp. a widow, who has taken a vow of chastity for the remainder of her life.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow

pure widowhood1427

vowess1506

king's widow1540

widow1561

Merry Widowc1567

widow mother1582

virgin widowa1644

war widow1866

1506 in Lincoln Wills (1914) I. 44 I Jane Harby of Lincoln, Wowes, mak my testament, [etc.].

1512 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 453 Agnes Mellars, wydowe and vowesse.

1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 13 And at hys departure in the mornynge, he neyther commaunded Peter to breake vp howsholde, nor yet to forsake hys wyfe and make her a vowesse.

1865 J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia III. 312 A lady, after her husband's death, was allowed to take the vow of chastity, and she was then called a vowess.

1875 W. G. Henderson Liber Pontificalis C. Bainbridge Pref. p. xl At the Benedictio Viduæ, the Vowess in a blue dress with white hood..is kneeling before the Bishop.

2. A woman who makes a vow of devotion to a religious life; a nun.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun]

nuneOE

sistereOE

minchenOE

nun-sisterOE

spousea1200

ladyc1275

religious1340

clergess1393

homely womana1400

monialc1400

moinesa1513

sanctimoniala1513

vowess1533

nosegent1567

votaress1589

votress1597

monkess1602

White Lady1606

cloistressa1616

sanctimony1630

religiosea1657

clergywoman1673

religieuse1682

religioso1708

vestal1717

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xv. f. lxi^v Some vowesses peraduenture there are, which as yet neuer entend to breke theyr vow.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 6 An Image in the Habite of a Woues.

1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 37^v A certayne vowesse or professed Nunne.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1080/2 Vpon which toome there laie a stone image of Edith in the habit of a vowesse holding a hart in hir right hand.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. vii. 298/1 She abandoned her Regencie, and built a house of deuotion in the Ile of Shepey, wherein her selfe became a Vowesse.

1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. ix. 660 A rich Tomb..with her image thereon, in the habit of a Vowess Crown'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vowess
释义	vowessn. Brit. /vaʊˈɛs/, /ˈvaʊᵻs/, U.S. /ˈvaʊəs/ Forms: Also 1500s voiesse, woys(s)e, vowes, woves, wowes; 1500s–1600s vowesse. Etymology: Compare vower n.¹ and -ess suffix¹. Now Historical or archaic. 1. A woman, esp. a widow, who has taken a vow of chastity for the remainder of her life. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow pure widowhood1427 vowess1506 king's widow1540 widow1561 Merry Widowc1567 widow mother1582 virgin widowa1644 war widow1866 1506 in Lincoln Wills (1914) I. 44 I Jane Harby of Lincoln, Wowes, mak my testament, [etc.]. 1512 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 453 Agnes Mellars, wydowe and vowesse. 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 13 And at hys departure in the mornynge, he neyther commaunded Peter to breake vp howsholde, nor yet to forsake hys wyfe and make her a vowesse. 1865 J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia III. 312 A lady, after her husband's death, was allowed to take the vow of chastity, and she was then called a vowess. 1875 W. G. Henderson Liber Pontificalis C. Bainbridge Pref. p. xl At the Benedictio Viduæ, the Vowess in a blue dress with white hood..is kneeling before the Bishop. 2. A woman who makes a vow of devotion to a religious life; a nun. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > nun > [noun] nuneOE sistereOE minchenOE nun-sisterOE spousea1200 ladyc1275 religious1340 clergess1393 homely womana1400 monialc1400 moinesa1513 sanctimoniala1513 vowess1533 nosegent1567 votaress1589 votress1597 monkess1602 White Lady1606 cloistressa1616 sanctimony1630 religiosea1657 clergywoman1673 religieuse1682 religioso1708 vestal1717 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xv. f. lxi^v Some vowesses peraduenture there are, which as yet neuer entend to breke theyr vow. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 6 An Image in the Habite of a Woues. 1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 37^v A certayne vowesse or professed Nunne. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1080/2 Vpon which toome there laie a stone image of Edith in the habit of a vowesse holding a hart in hir right hand. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. vii. 298/1 She abandoned her Regencie, and built a house of deuotion in the Ile of Shepey, wherein her selfe became a Vowesse. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. ix. 660 A rich Tomb..with her image thereon, in the habit of a Vowess Crown'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1506
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