A nun in charge of a priory or ranking next below the abbess of an abbey.
[Middle English prioresse, from Old French, feminine of prior, a prior. See prior2.]
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the superior of a group of nuns
Synonyms: abbess, mother superior
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