Prioress

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prioress \Pri"or*ess\, n. [OF. prioresse.]
     A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to
     an abbess.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  prioress
       n : the superior of a group of nuns [syn: {abbess}, {mother
           superior}]