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Definition of Preceptress

Preceptress
Preceptress Pre*cep"tress, n. A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

Meaning of Preceptress from wikipedia

- A preceptor (from Latin, "praecepto") is a teacher responsible for upholding a precept, meaning a certain law or tradition. Senior Buddhist monks can become...
- The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, or The Boarding School is a novel written by Hannah Webster Foster which was published...
- title page. In 1798, she published The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, a commentary on female education in the United States...
- – February 18, 1877) was a 19th-century American writer, editor, and preceptress. She succeeded Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford as the editor of the Ladies'...
- Boarding School may refer to: The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, 1798 American novel The Boarding School (film), 1969 Spanish...
- Albert Paley, Professor Emeritus, American sculptor Mary Mortimer, "preceptress," i.e. head, of the "female department," 1841–1844. A pioneer of higher...
- hired as headmaster and Mary, his wife, was a drawing instructor and preceptress. In 1851, there were 271 students from New England, other parts of the...
- from the U.S. state of New York. She taught mathematics, and served as preceptress of Ladies' Hall,[clarification needed] at the University of Wisconsin...
- the Christian Brothers, Benedictines and Marists, as well as with his preceptress, Professor María Teresa Angulo, from Madrid. He also studied in Quebec...
- curriculum with Dyer H. Sanborn as the prin****l and Miss Eliza Wingate as "preceptress". The first term had 43 girls and 65 boys enrolled, but within four years...