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n. A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey.

n. a nun in charge of a priory; an abbess or mother superior

n. A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

n. A female prior, having charge of a religious house; a woman who is the coadjutor of and next in rank to an abbess.

n. the superior of a group of nuns

"The term prioress is properly applied only to a superioress in a convent which has the papal approbation and whose members make solemn profession, that is, to convents which belong to an order in the strict sense of the word."

superior   

saint brigid    St. Bridget    heloise    saint bride    mother    St. Brigid    saint bridget    Brigid    bride    Bridget   

nu   

abbess    foundation    sir!'    clargy    whom    refectory    deanship    woodcut    signior    abbot