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prioress

/prahy-er-is/US // ˈpraɪ ər ɪs //UK // (ˈpraɪərɪs) //

女祭司,女教士,女牧师,女教父

Related Words

sister妹妹,姐姐,姐妹,姊妹vestal圣母玛利亚,马斯特尔,圣母院,圣母玛利亚人anchorite抛锚者,锚定者,锚泊者,碇泊者postulant后进生,后学者,后生,后补人员abbess女修道士,女修道院院长,女修道院长,女修道者mother superior母上大人,母后,母校,院长canoness女教士,女教员,女教官,女律师superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的ecclesiarch教士长,教主,教士,教会主席reverend mother尊敬的母亲,尊贵的母亲,尊敬的妈妈,尊敬的母亲大人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a woman holding a position corresponding to that of a prior, sometimes ranking next below an abbess.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as innun
Synonyms
sister妹妹,姐姐,姐妹,姊妹abbess女修道士,女修道院院长,女修道院长,女修道者anchorite抛锚者,锚定者,锚泊者,碇泊者postulant后进生,后学者,后生,后补人员vestal圣母玛利亚,马斯特尔,圣母院,圣母玛利亚人canoness女教士,女教员,女教官,女律师mother superior母上大人,母后,母校,院长religious woman女教徒,虔诚的女人,信徒妇女,虔诚的女教徒
as inmother superior
Synonyms
holy mother圣母玛利亚,圣母,圣洁的母亲,神圣的母亲abbess女修道士,女修道院院长,女修道院长,女修道者ecclesiarch教士长,教主,教士,教会主席lady superior女上司,女优,女主人公,女主人翁reverend mother尊敬的母亲,尊贵的母亲,尊敬的妈妈,尊敬的母亲大人superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的superioress女超人,超女,超级大妈,超级女巫

Examples

  • But I was refused even this last refuge; the prioress deciding that I had no vocation for the religious life.

  • I engaged your prioress in my guilt by a criminal bribe with which I purchased the right of burying you.

  • So, at the early age of four, she was sent to the Dominican convent, the prioress of which was her aunt.

  • In 1466 he took on lease from the Prioress of St. Helen's certain tenements for a period of ninety-nine years, at a rent of 11 6s.

  • She is lively, affectionate, and amiable, but she affects dignity as a Prioress should.

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