单词 | prioress |
释义 | prioress (once / 6084 pages) n WORD FAMILY prioress: prioresses USAGE EXAMPLESThe role of Madame de Croissy, the prioress of the convent, has often been the province of artists in later stages of their careers. New York Times(Jul 27, 2015) He rubbed elbows again with Franklin, Miller, Monk, Cook, Prioress, Shipman, all noisily interacting, and made himself a storyteller, too. Economist(Feb 05, 2015) One of the ugliest blood libels in literature, Chaucer’s ferociously anti-Semitic Prioress’s Tale, begins with an invocation to Mary. Washington Post(Dec 04, 2014) n the superior of a group of nuns Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper abbess, mother superior Saint Bridget Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) Heloisestudent and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164) mother a term of address for a mother superior superior the head of a religious community |
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