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cloistresses

cloistresses is the plural of cloistress.

Meaning of cloistress

Noun

cloistress (plural cloistresses)

  1. (literary, obsolete) A nun.
    • Like a cloistress she will veiled walk.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about cloistresses

What is cloistresses the plural of?
Cloistresses is the plural of cloistress.

Words near cloistresses in the dictionary

  1. cloisters
  2. cloistral
  3. cloistre
  4. cloistres
  5. cloistress
  6. cloistresses
  7. cloit
  8. Clojure
  9. cloke
  10. cloked
  11. clokes

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