Synonyms for "prioress" (7 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

abbess

Noun(1 words)

abbess

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

mother superior

novice

Related words (3)

nunpostulantsister

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

3 entries

adult femalesuperiorwoman

Synonyms

1 entries

abbess

derived from

1 entries

prior

related to

4 entries

abbessmother superiornunpriory

Translations

13 translations across 11 languages.

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Catalan

2 entries

• priora noun (a nun in charge of a priory)
• prioressa noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

French

2 entries

• prieure noun (a nun in charge of a priory)
• prieuresse noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

German

1 entries

• Priorin noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Irish

1 entries

• banphrióir noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Latin

1 entries

• priorissa noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• priorinne noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• priorinne noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Polish

1 entries

• przeorysza noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Romanian

1 entries

• prioră noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Russian

1 entries

• настоя́тельница noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

Spanish

1 entries

• priora noun (a nun in charge of a priory)

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