Sister Minoress

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Poor Clares

Alternative forms[edit]

sister minoress

Etymology[edit]

From sister + Minoress, q.v. Doublet of Sister Minor.

Noun[edit]

Sister Minoress (plural Sisters Minoress)

(Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
- 1451, Rolls of Parliament, volume V, page 224:
  ...the Abbesse and Covent of the Susters Meneresses withoute Algate...

References[edit]

“Minoress, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

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