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Derivation

• Latin: priorissa, feminine of prior

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Superioress of a monastic community for women. Her office, in general, corresponds to that of prior in the same order of men.

Additional Information

• Saints who were Prioresses

MLA Citation

• “prioress”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 October 2010. Web. 16 January 2022. <>