How To Use Prioress In A Sentence
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Clemence Malyn was deposed from her office of sub-prioress and sextoness on account of the careless manner in which she had performed the duties of these offices, and she also, in answer to questions asked by the vicar-general, acknowledged that she had frequently hidden a key of the abbey church in a hole so that a certain Richard Johans might find it and enter the church, and might drink in the sacristy wine with which she provided him, though she denied having ever drunk with him or otherwise misconducted herself.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda
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Ordered by her prioress to complete an account of her childhood memories, she was trying unsuccessfully to write:
Gretchen Rubin: Respond to the Spirit of a Gift
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The prioress is another respectable person, coy and simple, with dainty fingers, small mouth, and clean attire, -- a refined sort of a woman for that age, ornamented with corals and brooch, so stately as to be held in reverence, yet so sentimental as to weep for a mouse caught in a trap: all characteristic of a respectable, kind-hearted lady who has lived in seclusion.
Beacon Lights of History
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After some time spent as infirmarian she was elected prioress for life (1473), and became by her splendid example the model of a true Carmelite nun, and, in a sense, the foundress of this branch of the order.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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The term prioress is properly applied only to a superioress in a convent which has the papal approbation and whose members make solemn profession, that is, to convents which belong to an order in the strict sense of the word.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
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Unwilling to enter till the children were dismissed he remained here till young voices could be heard in the open air, and girls in white pinafores over red and blue frocks appeared dancing along the paths which the abbess, prioress, subprioress, and fifty nuns had demurely paced three centuries earlier.
Jude the Obscure
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For Sister Mary Gabriel, who used to teach but is now the prioress, she hopes things will be get a little busier once the CD is on the shelves.
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Before starting her novitiate in October 1933, Edith spoke with the prioress, who felt there was so much she still could do outside the convent.
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The first half begins with a necrology and calendar for the nuns, prioresses, and confessors of Maria Magdalena, as well as the General Masters of the Order based upon the Humbert prototype.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
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Benedictine authority and obedience are achieved through dialogue between a community member and her prioress in a spirit of co-responsibility.
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I took my place in the refectory at a separate table near the dais and watched the lady prioress sweep in.
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However, the prioress put her foot down and denied Alheit her zoomorphic fantasy.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
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The lady prioress, a pure wool cloak wrapped around her, came down to bid us adieu.
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Ah, yes, the lady prioress was also preparing herself.
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It was Claiming Our Truth, a volume of essays edited by Sister Nadine Foley, OP, prioress of a Dominican community in Adrian, Michigan, and a past president of LCWR.
Transparency, Creativity, and Heresy
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This general chapter assembled once a year, at Sempringham, on the rogation days, and was attended by the prior, cellarer, and prioress of each house.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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Anne-Marie-Madeleine Thouret (Sister Charlotte of the Resurrection), sacristan, b. at Mouy, 16 Sept., 1715, professed 19 Aug., 1740, twice sub-prioress in 1764 and 1778.
The Holy Martyrs of Compiegne
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The sub-prioress was an old Spanish nun, Mother Cineres, who was almost blind.
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The abbess of Quedlingberg, who with the four great dignitaries of her chapter, the prioress, the deaness, the sub-chantress, and senior canonness, had that week come to Strasburg to consult the university upon a case of conscience relating to their placket - holes — was ill all the night.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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The prioress is quite well and happy; she is much better than I am, and she is also exceedingly devoted to your ladyship.
The Letters of St. Teresa
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The prioress said yes, but the father superior said no, not until she was twenty-one.
RIDDLE ME THIS
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The lady prioress, a pure wool cloak wrapped around her, came down to bid us adieu.
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The abbess of Quedlingberg, who with the four great dignitaries of her chapter, the prioress, the deaness, the sub-chantress, and senior canonness, had that week come to Strasburg to consult the university upon a case of conscience relating to their placket-holes — was ill all the night.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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The Council of Trent (Sess. xxv, cap. 7, de regular. et monial.) fixed forty years complete and eight years after her profession for an abbess, mother general, or prioress of any religious order of nuns.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
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If the prioress is the first superior, her authority over the convent is similar to that of a conventual prior over his priory; if the first superior is an abbess, the office of the prioress is similar to that of a claustral prior in an abbey.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
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She was prioress of the first reformed Carmelite convent in France, and spread the teachings of the founder of the French School, Pierre de Berulle, through the movement.
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In addition to these worthy mothers, some old society women had obtained permission of the prioress, like Madame Albertine, to retire into the Little Convent.
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Both of them are confined to their bed, and the sub-prioress is dangerously ill.
The Letters of St. Teresa
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There's a prim prioress, a pardoner in shabby green velvet, an enigmatic woman in fur-trimmed crimson.
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The prioress is so well skilled in these matters, that she has made the bargain with one of her friends, who knows it was for this house.
The Letters of St. Teresa
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Of noble birth, she entered religious life at the age of 14 and rose to become prioress of her convent at Disibodenberg.
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The prioress of Alva is very ill: pray for her, as all I can say is, that we shall lose a treasure in losing her: she is very obedient, and when anything goes wrong, the sisters need only speak to her, and she puts everything right.
The Letters of St. Teresa
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All the sisters here are quite happy, and the prioress is extremely good.
The Letters of St. Teresa
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She's the prioress of the community now, so such matters are her responsibility.
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Andrea Verchuck, a subprioress at the monastery, said all prioress at the monastery, said all three nuns live in
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At solemn profession, I placed my hands in those of my prioress, professing to live my vows usque ad mortem, until death.
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The prioress seemed to regard my master as her chief concern.
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Leugart was for thirty years either the subprioress or the prioress. back
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany
