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

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Parish officials posting on social media brought attention to Ugboaja’s arrest, and Congress members ultimately intervened on the nun’s behalf.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
The nun study, launched in 1990 with 678 members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, is back in focus after a 2025 scientific review reexamined what the project taught researchers about aging and dementia.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

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The quick alignment will be a boon to the novice politician, who is simultaneously planning Lindsey Graham’s funeral, serving in his seat via appointment, and launching a snap campaign.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
The buyers, Jung said, are not simply novice traders chasing online hype.

— Lee Ying Shan,Blair Baek, CNBC, 20 July 2026

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