The inmates of the two monasteries celebrated her obsequies with all the solemnity due to their abbess and foundress, and with the recollection due to her sanctity.
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Foundress
/ˈfaʊndɹəs/
Synonyms for "foundress" (2 found)
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10 entriesadult femalebeginnerfatherfounderfounding fatherfounding figureoriginatorreligious founderspiritual leaderwoman
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4 entriesabbey founderconvent foundereducational foundermonastic founder
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5 entrieseducational founderfemale founderfoundress of the ordermonastic founderreligious founder
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But whether he departed without the French kings conſent or diſaſſent, he deceiued in his expectacion, and in maner in diſpaire, retourned againe to the Lady Margaret his firſt fooliſh foundreſſe.
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Forgetfull of himſelfe, his bearth, his Country, friends, and all, / And onely minding (vvhom he miſt) the Foundreſſe of his thrall.
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He humbly louted in meeke lovvlineſſe, / And ſeemely vvelcome for her did prepare: / For of their order ſhe vvas Patroneſſe, / Albe Chariſſa vvere their chiefeſt foundereſſe.
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