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PRIORESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The superior of a group of nuns
Synonyms:
abbess; mother superior; prioress
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("prioress" is a kind of...):
superior (the head of a religious community)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prioress"):
mother (a term of address for a mother superior)
Instance hyponyms:
Bride; Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bride; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; St. Bride; St. Bridget; St. Brigid (Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523))
Heloise (student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164))
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