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Keywords: nuns, priory, abbess, superior, dignity

A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.

the spiritual and administrative head of a priory of nuns, elected by the community or nominated by the founding family of the monastery

the superior of a group of nuns

Keywords: nunnery, abbey, lesser, dependent, head

the head of a nunnery; in some orders of a lesser house dependent upon an abbey