Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prioress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prioress \Pri"or*ess\, n. [OF. prioresse.]
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to
an abbess.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prioress
n : the superior of a group of nuns [syn: {abbess}, {mother
superior}]
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