Vicaress

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.
  2. 2
    A female representative.
  3. 3
    The wife of a parish vicar.

    "Champagne had quickened her tongue, whereas the vicaress began to wax somnolent with a pleasant sense of satiety. She responded in monosyllables to Mrs. Marjoy's dithyrambics on morals."

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"Champagne had quickened her tongue, whereas the vicaress began to wax somnolent with a pleasant sense of satiety. She responded in monosyllables to Mrs. Marjoy's dithyrambics on morals."

Etymology

From vicar + -ess.

Related phrases

mother superior

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