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Prior (or
prioress) is an
ecclesiastical title for a
superior in some
religious orders. The word is
derived from the
Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its...
- "The
Prioress's Tale" is one of The
Canterbury Tales by
Geoffrey Chaucer. It
follows "The Shipman's Tale" in The
Canterbury Tales. It is
followed by Chaucer's...
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Prioress Island (64°56′S 63°53′W / 64.933°S 63.883°W / -64.933; -63.883) is a
narrow island lying 0.5
nautical miles (0.9 km) east of Host
Island in...
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resided in Cromwell's homes, but in 1539,
Margaret Vernon, the
worldly Prioress of
Little Marlow Priory (who had also
helped to
raise Gregory Cromwell)...
- the
Prioress Elizabeth Prudde in 1472, it is
recorded that
seven nuns and ten
novices were present. At the
election in 1534 of the last
prioress, Sybil...
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Teresa Pulcheria (1694 –
April 4, 1760) was an
Englishwoman who
served as
prioress of the
Convent of Our
Blessed Lady of Syon in Paris.
Throckmorton was born...
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Joanna (
prioress of Lothen), a
twelfth century nun, was the
prioress of the
monastery of
Lothen in Germany.
Joanna is
remembered for her
tapestry work...
- and took the
religious name Thérèse of
Saint Augustine. She
served as
prioress in 1773-1779 and 1785–1787. Her
cause for
canonization was
opened in 1902...
- or of
France (24
August 1393 – 19
August 1438) was a
medieval nun and
prioress, born a
princess of
France from the
House of
Valois as the
daughter of...
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English writer on heraldry,
hawking and hunting, and is said to have been
prioress of the St Mary of Sopwell, near St
Albans in Hertfordshire. Very little...
