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prioress

Meaning of "prioress" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PRIORESS

ˈpraɪərɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIORESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prioress is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIORESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prior

Prior is an ecclesiastical title, derived from the Latin adjective for "earlier, first", with several notable uses.

Definition of prioress in the English dictionary

The definition of prioress in the dictionary is a nun holding an office in her convent corresponding to that of a prior in a male religious order.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRIORESS

avarice · berberis · cantharis · caryopteris · Charteris · clitoris · ephemeris · heiress · iberis · licorice · liquorice · mayoress · naris · peeress · pieris · Seferis · sorceress · subprioress · Sybaris · warrioress

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIORESS

printwheel · printworks · prion · prior · prior probability · prior to · priorate · priories · priorities · prioritisation · prioritise · prioritization · prioritize · priority · priority case · priority sequencing · priority share · priorly · priorship · priory

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIORESS

actress · address · anchoress · at the press · authoress · cocktail dress · confessoress · congress · doctoress · dress · electoress · express · jailoress · lady mayoress · professoress · rectoress · superioress · tailoress · traitoress · tutoress

Synonyms and antonyms of prioress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prioress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIORESS

Find out the translation of prioress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of prioress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prioress» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

修女院院长
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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priora
570 millions of speakers
en

English

prioress
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मठाध्यक्षा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقدمة الدير
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

настоятельница
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

priora
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

prioress
260 millions of speakers
fr

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prieure
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Terlebih dahulu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Priorin
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

院長
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

prioress
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Prioress
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nư viện trưởng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கிறித்துவ மடத்து முதல்வி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेयसी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

manastır başrahibesi
70 millions of speakers
it

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priora
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

przeorysza
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

настоятелька
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

prioress
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηγουμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

priorin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prioress
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prior
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prioress

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIORESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prioress

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIORESS»

Discover the use of prioress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prioress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Prioress's Tale
Her examination of the sources and analogues, of Miracles of the Virgin, of considerations of style and structure, along with a full treatment of the textual tradition of the Prioress’s Sequence and an unusually full corpus of explanatory ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Beverly Boyd, 1987
2
Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the ...
'Reading Into 'the Costume of the Prioress There is no doubt about it - a scandalous Prioress is more interesting than a proper one. Further, and to put it bluntly, modern critics have created such a scandalous Prioress by 'reading into'  ...
Laura Fulkerson Hodges, 2005
3
A Companion to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
But some characters differ dramatically from the stereotype and mark Chaucer's accomplishment of a literary feat unusual for his historical period: the creation of a highly individualized character. THE PRIORESS Chaucer's Prioress, Madame ...
Margaret Hallissy, 1995
4
The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare
of Chaucerians spoke of the Prioress with a mixture of over-attentive avun- cularity and smirking condescension: George Lyman Kittredge breathlessly describes her as "the perfection of medieval daintiness," and John Livingston Lowes coins ...
Deanne Williams, 2004
5
Sources and Analogues of the Canterbury Tales
C 1 0 "De Cantu Alma Redemptoris Mater" 639 (from Trinity College Cambridge MS O.9.38) Chaucer's Prioress tells a miracle of the Virgin, one of the most popular forms of narrative in the Middle Ages. These tales tend to be simple, focused ...
Robert M. Correale, Mary Hamel, 2005
6
The General Prologue
Portrait of the Prioress 118-62 Dryden (1700; text in Spurgeon 1925:1.279) alludes to "the mincing Lady- Prioress," Dart (1722; text in Alderson and Henderson 1970:2 10) to "the Prioress, fond of Rev'rence, courtly nice." According to Warton ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, 1993
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Chaucer's Pilgrims: An Historical Guide to the Pilgrims in ...
THE PRIORESS AND HER CRITICS Was the Prioress religious? Ambiguities in Chaucer's portrait of Madame Eglentine in the "General Prologue" account for quite different answers to that question from critics. As Joseph Dane points out, " this ...
Laura C. Lambdin, Robert T. Lambdin, 1999
8
"The Sins of Madame Eglentyne", and Other Essays on Chaucer
The enemies in the Prioress's Tale become the Jews, who are "hateful to Crist and to his compaignye." Bugge adds: "The missing half-verse also speaks of God destroying the 'avenger' (ultorem) as a result of the oracular testimony of infants ...
Richard Rex, 1995
9
The prioress' tale, and other poems
PAGE The Prioress' Tale 1 Youth's Sighs 19 Miriam's Dream 55 A Thought on Seeing a Miniature 67 Sad Thoughts 68 To my Godson at his Baptism 70 Stanzas 72 The First Kiss 73 Summer Joys 80 Autumn 82 Exhortation 83 Baby Sleep 81 A ...
Alfred Starkey, 1859
10
Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535
An echo of old difficulties remained, however, at this last house and one nun begged the Bishop to speak to the Prioress, " to the end that she take better heed to the nuns who have previously erred, so that they be kept more strictly from erring ...
Eileen Power, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIORESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prioress is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 'Dialogues of the Carmelites,' Under Will Crutchfield, Finds …
The role of Madame de Croissy, the prioress of the convent, has often been the province of artists in later stages of their careers. On this night ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Faith Conversations: For head of monastery near Wahpeton, path to …
Sister Margaret Mary, prioress at the time, remembers the phone call at 6:15 ... This past November, when elections for a new prioress rolled ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
3
Rob Neufeld: Nearly 200 years on, 'gothic' lit lives on
In one story, "The Monkey," a young man goes to his aunt, the prioress of a convent, and accepts her outrageous choice of wife for him, namely, ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
4
Judy the Beauty Faces Four Foes in Honorable Miss
Making her first start at Saratoga since 2012 when she finished second in the Grade 1 Prioress, Judy the Beauty has been adjusting well ... «Horse Racing Nation, Jul 15»
5
Books blog: The awe-inspiring fortitude of the Martyrs of Compiegne
The last was the Prioress, Mother Teresa of St Augustine, who watched over her daughters to the end. The Community had taken a vow to offer ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
6
Hall of Fame: Xtra Heat earned her carrots
That year, Xtra Heat won 9 of 13 starts and didn't miss the board, with her biggest victory coming in the Grade 1 Prioress Stakes at Belmont. «Daily Racing Form, Jul 15»
7
Classical & Opera Listings for July 24-30
He will conduct the Orchestra of St. Luke's and a cast including Jennifer Check as Blanche, Hei-Kyung Hong as the New Prioress, Jennifer ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Sister Danile remembered for exact obedience
As I talked to Sister Luke Hoschette, who moved to Minnesota with Sister Danile, and Sister Michaela Hedican, who is the prioress at their new ... «Standard-Examiner, Jul 15»
9
Friday at the Spa: Another opening, another show
1, Whitney and the Longiness Test Aug. 8, Fourstardave Handicap Aug. 15, Alabama Aug. 22, the Woodward Sept. 5, and the Prioress Sept. 6. «The Recorder, Jul 15»
10
Sister Danile (Therese) Knight, OSB
In 1988 she became manager of Our Lady of the Mountains Retreat House, Ogden, where she served until she was elected prioress in 2006. «Intermountain Catholic, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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