Fratress
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A woman in charge of the furniture in a convent.
"On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles."
Example
More examples"On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles."
Etymology
From frater + -ess. Piecewise doublet of friaress.
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