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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the superior of a group of nuns;
[syn: abbess, mother superior, prioress]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prioress \Pri"or*ess\, n. [OF. prioresse.]
   A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to
   an abbess.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prioress
    n 1: the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother
         superior, prioress]