Examples of 'prioress' in a sentence
Meaning of "prioress"
Prioress is a title for a female head of a religious house, especially a convent
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- A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.
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Dorothea even served as prioress of the monastery.
The prioress is waiting in the reception room.
Richelieu appointed a relative as prioress of the convent.
The prioress then affected a milder air.
Stay here with the prioress.
All except the prioress and a couple of the other nuns.
Especially when the election for prioress is due.
The prioress is my cousin.
On three occasions she was named prioress.
The prioress forbade it.
She is likely to have been a prioress.
Only the prioress and the convent council have that right.
It had both an abbess and a prioress.
In this case the prioress stays back and leaves the moderator in charge.
She served as its first prioress.
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The prioress and officials were to render accounts at least annually to the convent.
Everything gets reported to the prioress.
He demanded that the prioress and other office holders be prepared to present the accounts.
In later years she was named the prioress of the convent.
That the prioress and the vocal mothers intended to fulfil the wish of the deceased.
Now take me to the prioress.
Mother Prioress will be here in a moment.
I do not want to be prioress there.
Mother Prioress is back from prison sooner than usual.
I have talked to the prioress.
But the Prioress should receive the support of the whole community too.
You have already got a copy of these from your prioress.
The Order is led by prioress and prior.
This is the earliest preserved will of a Scottish prioress.
Was named prioress.
Come live an experience out of time at the Conques prioress.
She was the last one before the Prioress to mount the scaffold to die.
An unforgettable stay at the Conques prioress.
She appointed the former prioress novice mistress and made Thérèse her assistant.
I spoke to the prioress.
The tomb of the last Prioress may be seen beside the path through the churchyard.
My sister is the prioress.
She was Prioress for many years.
As big as a mother prioress.
Mother Prioress will fix everything.
A new general prioress.
Mother Prioress kept the mirror.
He perfectly combines the rich history of the prioress to contemporary gastronomy.
Lorenzo convinces Agnes to tell of her experiences at the hands of the Prioress.
Who was the prioress of Vreta.
The advowson was first with the provost and later with the prioress of the convent.
She has been named prioress in a Protestant church in Frank furt.
At community meetings a sister other than the prioress may act as moderator.
The grave stone of the prioress Melanie von Hobe lies at the graveyard of Dobbertin.
It would seem most of the nuns want Sister Caris as our next prioress.
