Friaress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female friar.

    "He put upon his friars and friaresses obligations which proclaimed openly and fearlessly a direct and radical social regeneration."

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"He put upon his friars and friaresses obligations which proclaimed openly and fearlessly a direct and radical social regeneration."

Etymology

From Middle English freresse; equivalent to friar + -ess. Piecewise doublet of fratress.

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