单词	prioresses
释义	prioress noun pri·​or·​ess ˈprī-ə-rəs  : a nun corresponding in rank to a prior Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Sister Maria Christine, prioress of the monastery, said the Dominican order’s goal is to upgrade and expand on the mission that the nuns began nearly 100 years ago: providing a peaceful oasis for silent prayer and contemplation. Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 Seventeen-year-old Marie de France is cast out of the royal court to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey in medieval Europe and finds purpose and love in her newfound devotion to the sisters. Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2021 The author, whose previous fiction has probed contemporary American communities, sets this novel in an impoverished twelfth-century English abbey, where the protagonist, Marie, is sent at the age of seventeen to be prioress. The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021 An embarrassment to the crown, with her ungainly physical presence making for a too-visible testimony to historical indiscretions, she is dispatched by Eleanor of Aquitaine to be the prioress of an abbey in bleakest, dampest England. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2021 The queen is sending Marie—an ungainly girl with large bones, and an illegitimate Plantagenet child to boot—to a far-off and troubled abbey, where Marie will become prioress. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Sep. 2021 The story of a twelfth-century teenager, Marie de France, sent from France to be the new prioress of an English abbey. Vogue, 11 Aug. 2021 The novel takes place in the 1100s, during the time of Eleanor of Aquitaine, and centers on a young woman who is sent to an impoverished abbey to be the new prioress. Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021 Dozens of burly volunteers, including veterans of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, helped enforce his rules, while the prioress and several nuns have left. Washington Post, 7 July 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition prioress noun pri·​or·​ess ˈprī-ə-rəs  plural prioresses : a nun who is head of a religious house prioresses noun plural of prioress as in conventuals Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance conventuals mother superior ancresses cloistresses religious anchoresses dominies novices nuns high priestesses abbesses curés Reverend Mother high priests votaries monks priestesses friars mendicants sisters oblates divines preachers clerics bishops clericals clergywomen abbés deaconesses archbishops deacons ecclesiastics Holy Joes popes monastics sky pilots reverends prelates abbots churchmen clergymen diocesans archpriests monsignori deans pastors parsons clerks ministers presbyters missionizers clergypersons monsignors padres vicars rectors curates missionaries chaplains fathers shepherds confessors missioners evangelists revivalists Antonyms & Near Antonyms lay readers laymen secular laypeople lectors seculars
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