Definition of Prioresses

1. Noun. (plural of prioress) ¹

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Definition of Prioresses

1. prioress [n] - See also: prioress

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prioresses

printworks
prion
prion protein
prionaemia
prionic
prions
prior
prior(a)
prior art
prior knowledge
prior probability
prior to
priorate
priorates
prioress
prioresses
priories
priorities
prioritisation
prioritisations
prioritise
prioritised
prioritises
prioritising
prioritizable
prioritization
prioritizations
prioritize
prioritized
prioritizer

Literary usage of Prioresses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1903)
"Now wol ye vouche-sauf, my lady dere ?' ' Gladly,' quod she, and seyde as ye shal here. Explicit. THE Prioresses TALE. The Prolog! of the Prioresses Tale. ..."

2. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"Gladly,' quod she, and seyde as ye shal here. Explicit THE Prioresses TALE THE ... OF THE Prioresses TALE Dor/tine, dominus noster O LORD our lord, ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE Prioresses PROLOGUE. ... Gladly," quod she, and saide as ye s'mil he THE Prioresses TALE. " O LORD our Lord, ..."

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