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vicaress

noun
vic·ar·ess | \-kərə̇s\
plural -es

Definition of vicaress 

1 : a nun whose official rank is immediately below that of the superior of a convent

2 : a woman who is the representative or vicegerent of someone else

3 : a vicar's wife

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