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[suzprioresse] (1319)
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[suzprioresse] (1319)

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southpriouresse,  souzpriouresse;  supprioresse,  suppriouresse  
  FEW:  prior 9,394b Gdf:  sousprioresse 7,556c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  prior (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sub-prioress n.  MED:  subpriores(se n.  DMLBS:  subpriorissa 3253b

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eccl.monasticoccupationfemalesubprioress, deputy or assistant to a prioress: 
( 1319 ) Nule dame de vostre religion [...] ne viegne a les offices foreynes hors del us de l’encloistre [...], si ceo ne soit par congié de la priouresse ou de la southpriouresse  (ed. souchpriouresse)  STAPELDON 317
( 1319 ) sanz congié de la priourasse ou de la souzpriouresse  STAPELDON 317
( 1340 ) priours ou suppriours, priouresses ou suppriouresses  Stats i 294
( c.1350; MS: c.1350 ) [...] a la prioresse ou en sa absence a la supprioresse  A-N Rules 97

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See also:

prioresse  suz1  suzprior 
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