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Definition of Prioresses
1. prioress [n] - See also: prioress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prioresses
Literary usage of Prioresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1903)
"Now wol ye vouche-sauf, my lady dere ?' ' Gladly,' quod she, and seyde as ye shal
here. Explicit. THE Prioresses TALE. The Prolog! of the Prioresses Tale. ..."
2. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"Gladly,' quod she, and seyde as ye shal here. Explicit THE Prioresses TALE THE
... OF THE Prioresses TALE Dor/tine, dominus noster O LORD our lord, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE Prioresses PROLOGUE. ... Gladly," quod she, and saide as ye s'mil he THE
Prioresses TALE. " O LORD our Lord, ..."