Crossword clues for prioress
prioress
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prioress \Pri"or*ess\, n. [OF. prioresse.] A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, from Medieval Latin priorissa, from prior "head of a priory of men" (see prior (n.)).
Wiktionary
n. a nun in charge of a priory; an abbess or mother superior
WordNet
n. the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother superior]
Usage examples of "prioress".
One prioress of Amesbury from the early 1300s, Isabel of Lancaster, spent much of her time not only outside the priory in family visits but also at court and with friends.
She could not have loved the nun more if she had been a child of her own body, but Christina had become the child of her soul instead, and, knowing the young woman would remain in the world, the old prioress could leave it with an easier spirit.
The sub-infirmarian to the priory was pale with fatigue and her shoulders hunched as she bent over the hollow body that the prioress had just quitted.
Brother Rupert had been chaplain, scribe, and administrating secretary to the recently deceased Felicia, Prioress of Tyndal.
Her appointment to the position of prioress had nothing to do with competence.
Last night, at her first private dinner in her new chambers, Brother Rupert had told her that Sister Ruth had been elected to succeed Prioress Felicia, albeit not by an overwhelming vote.
Why had the former prioress permitted this breach of discipline, Eleanor wondered.
Talent for the task did not seem to have weighed with the old prioress, Eleanor thought, as she reviewed the responsibilities assigned to the Sisters Christina, Edith and Matilda, in particular.
The old prioress had not always been diligent in exerting her rightful authority over both men and women as the supreme head of a Fontevraud double house.
She already had more to deal with than the average new prioress without having to worry about a murderer on the loose.
You, my lady prioress, are more observant that I would expect from a woman of your youth and vocation, he thought, and more than makes me comfortable.
The receiver stood with chin in hand, gazing at the prioress with a slight frown, then he turned and gave Thomas a quick nod.
If God meant to purge your soul of any pride in becoming prioress to the religious at Tyndal, He has succeeded well.
Whether Prioress Eleanor of Wynethorpe was a struggling or willing virgin was really of no interest to him.
Then she and the prioress looked further and they found the remnants of a knife buried deep in his heart.