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friaress

noun

Etymology

From Middle English freresse; equivalent to friar + -ess. Piecewise doublet of fratress.

  1. inherited from freresse

Definitions

  1. A female friar.

    • He put upon his friars and friaresses obligations which proclaimed openly and fearlessly a direct and radical social regeneration.
    • Similar letters to the bishop of Salamanca and bishops in Italy indicate the existence of a movement of wandering friaresses on an international scale.
    • There were friaresses in Europe, but the Church was very uncomfortable with them.

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