prioresses

But the deep artifice you made use of in order not to obey has sensibly afflicted me, on account of the bad example it may give to the rest of the Order, and because the prioresses will be able to introduce a custom of taking liberties, for which they will find plenty of excuses.

The Letters of St. Teresa 1902

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 2008

The prioresses and the mothers almost always bear names stamped with peculiar solemnity, recalling, not the saints and martyrs, but moments in the life of Jesus Christ: as Mother Nativity, Mother Conception, Mother

Les Miserables 2008

The subterranean chamber, with its low arches, massive walls, and silent monks with smoky torches, -- its old chandelier in an iron chain, -- the stern abbots and haughty prioresses, with their flowing black dresses, and book of statutes laid on an iron table, are all images borrowed from the novels of Mrs Ratcliffe [_sic_] and her imitators.

Early Reviews of English Poets John Louis Haney

He had a quiet way with the abbesses and prioresses, and with the anchorites and bishops a way of simplicity which was vastly admired in a divine emissary.

Figures of Earth James Branch Cabell 1918

Other wicked prioresses used sometimes even to pawn the plate and jewels of the convent, to get money for their own private purposes.

Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914

The Abbess of Fontevrault was supreme over all the religious of the order, and the heads of the dependent houses were prioresses.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

They elect their own prioress, though the vicar has the first voice in the election; the prioresses must consult the vicar in all important matters and, like the priors, are bound to tender their resignation to each general chapter.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Although very careful in the selection of superiors for new convents she had not always the most capable persons at her disposal and complained in several instances of the lack of prudence or the overruling spirit of some prioresses; she even found that some went so far as to tamper with the constitutions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Priors and prioresses place a bourdon (or knobbled staff) of silver in pale behind their shields.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913