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    PRIORESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The superior of a group of nunsplay

    Synonyms:

    abbess; mother superior; prioress

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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))

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