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priorissa

priorissa [ML < CL prior+issa < ipsa], prioressa [cf. ME, OF prioresse] , (mon.) head or deputy head of a community of nuns, prioress. hic priorculus ‥ i. parvus prior et hec ~a Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 406; 1179 in perdona per breve regis ~e de F. E., dim. m Pipe 75; 1198 E. de H. positus loco ~e de Wich’ CurR I 50; 1221 rex concessit ~e et conventui de Wilton licenciam eligendi ‥ abbatissam Pat 326; 1228 de c acris bruere quas ‥ rex concessit ~e et monialibus de Bromham’ Cl 19; 1287 Ricardus ‥ prioresse et conventui ‥ salutem Reg. Heref. 134; 1403 prioresse de Scomeburg et ejusdem loci conventus FormA 125; prioresse, et conventui et successoribus nostris Ib.; summonivit ~am de Clerkenwelle MGL I 601; 1520 abbatissa ‥ ~a ‥ subpriorissa ‥ tercia ~a Vis. Linc. II 153.

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