PRIORESS vs ABBESS: NOUN
- A nun in charge of a priory; an abbess or mother superior
- A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
- A female prior, having charge of a religious house; a woman who is the coadjutor of and next in rank to an abbess.
- A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey.
- The superior of a group of nuns
- A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See abbey.
- A title retained in Hanover, Würtemberg, Brunswick, and Schleswig-Holstein by the lady superiors of the Protestant seminaries and sisterhoods to which the property of certain convents was transferred at the Reformation.
- A female superior of a convent of nuns, regularly in the same religious orders in which the monks are governed by an abbot; also, a superior of canonesses.
- Used as a title for such a person.
- The superior of a convent.
- The superior of a group of nuns
PRIORESS vs ABBESS: RELATED WORDS
- Bishop, Priest, Vicar, Abbot, Suffragan, Foundress, Priory, Passionist, Postulant, Novitiate, Carmelite, Motherhouse, Convent, Mother superior, Abbess
- Cloister, Bishop, Monasticism, Priest, Carmelite, Priory, Foundress, Monk, Carthusian, Nunnery, Monastery, Nun, Convent, Mother superior, Prioress
PRIORESS vs ABBESS: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Bishop, Priest, Vicar, Abbot, Suffragan, Foundress, Priory, Passionist, Postulant, Novitiate, Carmelite, Motherhouse, Convent, Mother superior, Abbess
- Cloister, Bishop, Monasticism, Priest, Carmelite, Priory, Foundress, Monk, Carthusian, Nunnery, Monastery, Nun, Convent, Mother superior, Prioress
PRIORESS vs ABBESS: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Prioress is the head nun at an abbey, or convent, and is therefore a very religious person.
- In her letter the Prioress had communicated this fact to the Bishop.
- Mother Mary Susan Sevier elected the third prioress of the community.
- Bonam took of the prioress of Lay coke.
- Mother Gertrude of the Heart of Jesus, prioress.
- Sister Lucia Schwickerath was serving her last months as Prioress, and she attended my second interview.
- She became prioress, and under her tactful guidance the community grew in contemplative spirit.
- But then the young, inexperienced Eleanor of Wynethorpe is appointed their new prioress.
- They elect one of their own number as Prioress every three years.
- The prioress who became pregnant after sinning with a servant.
- Nothing was found, the Abbess was devoted to Anne.
- Temple abbess Hsing Kuang Shih enlisted by Hsia to help in this regard.
- The abbess, being questioned, replied that she knew nothing of this matter.
- Abbess in an important position with regards to the Royalist accounts.
- Like Heloise, she was an abbess and a highly original thinker.
- The Abbess's former secretary, teacher and confidant, now deceased.
- German abbess, and writer known throughout all of Europe.
- Your error will grieve the abbess and Father Benedictus.
- For further Particulars apply to the Mother Abbess.
- Here it was that the Abbess of St.
PRIORESS vs ABBESS: QUESTIONS
- What social class are the prioress and the friar and Pardoner?
- How does the prioress describe the dead boy in the prologue?
- What did Mother Teresa give the prioress when she left the convent?
- Why is the narrator's description of the prioress interesting?
- Why is the prioress included in the Canterbury Tales?
- How does Chaucer use irony in his description of the prioress?
- Who is the new prioress of Saint Walburga Monastery?
- Who is the abbess of the first American monastery of the Order?
- What was the role of the abbess in the Catholic Church?
- Why does the Mother Abbess decide to take up the governess job?
- Who was the first abbess to receive the abbatial blessing?