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fratresses

fratresses is the plural of fratress.

Meaning of fratress

Noun

fratress (plural fratresses)

  1. A woman in charge of the furniture in a convent.
    • On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.2010, Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535, page 567

Questions about fratresses

What is fratresses the plural of?
Fratresses is the plural of fratress.

Words near fratresses in the dictionary

  1. fratman
  2. fratmen
  3. fratorities
  4. fratority
  5. fratress
  6. fratresses
  7. fratriarchal
  8. fratriarchy
  9. fratricidal
  10. fratricidally
  11. fratricide

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