different between abbess vs vicaress
abbess
English
Alternative forms
- abbatess, abbotess (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English abbesse, from Old French abeesse (French abbesse), from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbatissa, feminine of Latin abbas, abbatis (“abbot”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æb.?s/, /?æb.?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æb.?s/, /?æb.?s/
Noun
abbess (plural abbesses)
- A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]
- The abbess was always after the nuns to keep the convent immaculately clean.
- (archaic, British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.
Synonyms
- (female superior of a nunnery): mother superior
- (woman who runs a brothel): bawd, Covent Garden abbess, lady abbess, madam
Related terms
- abbey
- abbot
Translations
References
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vicaress
English
Etymology
vicar +? -ess
Noun
vicaress (plural vicaresses)
- A sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.
- A female representative.
- The wife of a parish vicar.
Translations
Quotations
- Champagne had quickened her tongue, whereas the vicaress began to wax somnolent with a pleasant sense of satiety. She responded in monosyllables to Mrs. Marjoy's dithy- rambics on morals.
References
- Found in the Oxford English Dictionary
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