PRIORESS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

prioress

noun

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as in abbess

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Recent Examples of prioress Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey. — Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 7 July 2025 In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024 For the senior members of the order — two successive prioresses and the conflicted but maternal assistant prioress, Mother Marie — the role of self-abnegation is a deep moral mystery, one that takes a lifetime to fully understand. — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2022 It’s set in the twelfth century, and is about a young Frenchwoman, Marie de France, the illegitimate offspring of royalty, who is sent to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine and becomes the prioress of an abbey. — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for prioress

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Noun

Hildegard was a Catholic abbess of the Benedictine Order.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
Now, thanks to a greater emphasis on women’s education in recent years, Tibetan Buddhist nuns are increasingly becoming teachers and abbesses.

— Darcie Price-Wallace, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025

Definition of abbess

Noun

She was named by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person last year, after Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died at the age of 116.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
On this special night, a nun threw out the first pitch, the fans donned pope hats and Sox home-run hitters paraded down the dugout in pope hats.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of nun

Noun

The novice senator is beginning her sixth week on the job, having been appointed to fill her late brother Lindsey Graham's seat two days after his sudden death on July 11.

— Sophia Vlahakis, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
An aurora photographer who spoke to National Geographic offered tips for novices trying to take photos of the phenomenon, including would-be photographers who only have access to a smartphone camera.

— Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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