In a convent, or abbey, or as in a European definition, a monastery.
Prioress Stakes was created in 1948.
she is the head of the nuns
If the woman in question is a prioress, she should be referred to as Prioress or Mother?æPrioress, usually followed by her last name. The front of the envelope should read with the full of her title, possibly preceded by "the" if she holds a high enough position in the Monastery.
A prioress is woman who is head of a house of certain orders of nuns.
Prioress n. the superior of a group of nuns I therefore think it's safe to assume that Prioress the Kirkless is a female.
A monk is the head in the male group where as the prioress is the head of the nuns.
In "The Canterbury Tales," Chaucer does not explicitly mention the color of the Prioress's eyes.
The noun 'prioress' is a gender specific noun for a nun in charge at a convent.The corresponding gender specific noun for a monk in charge at a monastery is prior.
It is Prioress.
PRIORESS
The Prioress
Monks lived in an abbey or priory (headed by an Abbot or Prior); nuns lived in a nunnery or convent headed by an Abbess or Prioress.