vicaress
vicaress noun: a sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.
Noun
vicaress (plural vicaresses)
- A sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.
- A female representative.
- The wife of a parish vicar.
- Champagne had quickened her tongue, whereas the vicaress began to wax somnolent with a pleasant sense of satiety. She responded in monosyllables to Mrs. Marjoy's dithyrambics on morals.1905, Warwick Deeping, chapter XXV, in The Slanderers, Harper and Brothers
Forms of vicaress
| plural | vicaresses |
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Origin of vicaress
From vicar + -ess.
Questions about vicaress
- What does vicaress mean?
- Vicaress means a sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.
- What part of speech is vicaress?
- Vicaress is a noun.
- What is the plural of vicaress?
- The plural of vicaress is vicaresses.
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