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单词 sub-prioress
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sub-prioressn.

Brit. /ˈsʌbˌprʌɪərᵻs/, /ˈsʌbprʌɪəˌrɛs/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌpraɪ(ə)rəs/
Forms: see sub- prefix and prioress n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, prioress n.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + prioress n. Compare later supprioress n. and the French and Latin parallels cited at that entry.
A prioress's assistant and deputy.
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supprioress1422
vicaress1613
c1390 Charter Abbey Holy Ghost (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 362 (MED) He bad also þat Pees scholde beo wiþ Mekenesse, for heo was Subprioresse.
a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) l. 1362 (MED) In þis maner it ordand es Þat a president subpriores Sal non be chosin for no chanch Bot by þe priores puruyanch..Subpriores sal euer be bayne Vnto þe saws of hir souerayne.
1606 R. Chambers tr. P. Numan Miracles lately Wrought xv. 198 Sister Marie vander Linden Subprioresse, Sister Elizabeth Houture, Sister Marie Beck, Sister Elizabeth du Terne,..all religious women of this Conuent.
1693 J. Wright tr. W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 267 King Richard II..confirm'd the Election of Elizabeth Fremantell then Subprioress into the Office of Prioress.
1767 A. Bedingfield Short Acct. Life Mary of Holy Cross 26 She went through the Offices of Sacristan, Portress, and Sub-prioress.
c1789 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1911) 9 398 She fulfilled several important offices in the Community such as Subprioress, Mistress of Novices, and Cellerere.
1823 Morning Chron. 1 Apr. Dame Sainte-Sophie, Superior of the Community, Madame Sainte-Benoit, Sub-prioress of the Community.
1895 T. Hardy Jude iv. i. 252 The paths which the abbess, prioress, sub-prioress, and fifty nuns had demurely paced three centuries earlier.
1909 Munsey's Mag. July 611/1 The subprioress..or whoever is second in authority, responds with the other nuns.
1969 R. Godden In this House of Brede i. 48 Next to the prioress and subprioress in importance was the cellarer, Dame Veronica of the harebell-blue eyes.
2000 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press (Nexis) 29 Apr. h4 The reflection will be led by Sister Priscilla Cohen, sub-prioress of Sacred Heart Monastic Community.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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