† cloistressn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female tenant of a cloister, a nun.
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nuneOE
sistereOE
minchenOE
nun-sisterOE
spousea1200
ladyc1275
religious1340
clergess1393
homely womana1400
monialc1400
moinesa1513
sanctimoniala1513
vowess1533
nosegent1567
votaress1589
votress1597
monkess1602
White Lady1606
cloistressa1616
sanctimony1630
religiosea1657
clergywoman1673
religieuse1682
religioso1708
vestal1717
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. i. 27 Like a Cloystresse she will vailed walke. View more context for this quotation
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