vicaress

noun

Etymology

From vicar + -ess.

  1. derived from vicārius
  2. derived from vicaire
  3. derived from fro
  4. inherited from vicar
  5. suffixed as vicaress — “vicar + ess

Definitions

  1. A sister lower in order than an abbess or mother superior in a nunnery or convent.

  2. A female representative.

  3. The wife of a parish vicar.

    • 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 dithyrambics on morals.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA