Ranking monastic woman
A prioress is a woman holding authority in a religious community—either the head of a priory of nuns or the second-in-command to an abbess in an abbey.
The rank parallels prior for men.
The prioress led the evening prayers.
Female monastic leader
postulant · convent · cloister · veil · habit · vows · monastery · enclosure · choir · office
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Ranking monastic woman
A prioress is a woman holding authority in a religious community—either the head of a priory of nuns or the second-in-command to an abbess in an abbey.
The rank parallels prior for men.
The prioress led the evening prayers.
1. consecrated — abbess, Female monastic leader; nun (Hebrew alphabet's fourteenth); sister (Female sibling); novice (Inexperienced newcomer to field); postulant · convent · cloister · veil · habit · vows · monastery · enclosure · choir · office
GENDER IN RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIPprioress ≠ prior Existing before another; abbot · father superior · monk · friar · brother
HIERARCHICAL RANK IN MONASTIC LIFEprioress ≠ novice Inexperienced newcomer to field; postulant · abbess · cardinal · pope
RELIGIOUS VS. SECULAR LIFEprioress ≠ laywoman Unordained female church member; businesswoman · matriarch · CEO
Catholic Church: Vatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal; church: nave, pew, pews, altar, altars; females: woman, girl, lady, mother, daughter; monasticism: abbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister; Catholic Clergy: pope, pontiff, cardinal, bishop, monsignor; church officials: rector, vicar, curate, parson, abbot
prioresses
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