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Definition of vowess in English: vowessnoun ˈvaʊɛs archaic A woman who took religious vows or a vow of chastity. Example sentencesExamples - Vowesses were often widows but not always.
- The Vowess in a blue dress with white hood is kneeling before the Bishop.
- Her chapter concerning the library of the London vowess Margery de Nerford also discusses the events surrounding de Nerford's wardship, forced marriage, ensuing divorce, and legal battles.
- This discourse of spiritual marriage to Christ might also be used by a widow desiring to avoid remarriage by becoming a vowess.
- She was divorced and avoided marriage for the rest of her life, becoming a vowess.
Synonyms sister, novice, abbess, prioress, mother superior, reverend mother
Origin Early 16th century: from vow + -ess1. |