'Prioress' definitions:
Definition of 'prioress'
From: WordNet
noun
The superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother superior, prioress]
Definition of 'Prioress'
From: GCIDE
- Prioress \Pri"or*ess\, n. [OF. prioresse.] A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess. [1913 Webster]