PRIORESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prioress mean? 

• PRIORESS (noun)
  The noun PRIORESS has 1 sense:

1. the superior of a group of nuns

  Familiarity information: PRIORESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRIORESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The superior of a group of nuns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

abbess; mother superior; prioress

Hypernyms ("prioress" is a kind of...):

superior (the head of a religious community)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prioress"):

mother (a term of address for a mother superior)

Instance hyponyms:

Bride; Bridget; Brigid; Saint Bride; Saint Bridget; Saint Brigid; St. Bride; St. Bridget; St. Brigid (Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523))

Heloise (student and mistress and wife of Abelard (circa 1098-1164))