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In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The noun 'prior' is a gender specific noun for a male.

The corresponding gender specific noun for a female is abbess.

A Prior is a monastic superior, usually lower in rank than an Abbot. In the Rule of St. Benedict the term prior occurs several times, but does not signify any particular superior; it is indiscriminately applied to any superior, be he Abbot, Provost, Dean, etc. In other old monastic rules the term is used in the same generic sense Abbess is the spiritual leader of the convent and her authority is absolute (no priest, bishop, or even patriarch can override an abbess within the walls of her monastery

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