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prioress

prioress noun: a nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.

Noun

prioress (plural prioresses)

  1. A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.

prioress meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

prioress in Tamil

திருமடத்து முதல்வி

prioress in Malayalam

കന്യാമഠാധിപ

Forms of prioress

pluralprioresses

Origin of prioress

From Middle English prieresse, priorasse, priores, prioresse, priorisse, priouresse, priures, priuresse, prowres, pryoras, pryorys, pryowresse, from Medieval Latin priōrissa and Old French prioresse, prieuresse; equivalent to prior + -ess.

Questions about prioress

What does prioress mean?
Prioress means a nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.
What is prioress in Tamil?
Prioress in Tamil is திருமடத்து முதல்வி. See Prioress meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prioress?
Prioress is a noun.
What is the plural of prioress?
The plural of prioress is prioresses.

Words near prioress in the dictionary

  1. prioracy
  2. priorate
  3. priorates
  4. Priore
  5. Priores
  6. prioress
  7. prioresses
  8. Priorian
  9. priories
  10. prioristic
  11. prioritarian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prioress (page history and authors); prioress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prioress (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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