单词 | prioress |
释义 | prioress/prʌɪəˈrɛs![]() noun 1A woman who is head of a house of certain orders of nuns.Benedictine authority and obedience are achieved through dialogue between a community member and her prioress in a spirit of co-responsibility....
1.1The woman who is next in rank below an abbess.For example, at Loudon, France, a prioress, Sister Jeanne des Anges, was part of a contagious outbreak of writhing, convulsing nuns. |
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