'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]