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单词 vowess
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Definition of vowess in English:

vowess

noun ˈvaʊɛs
archaic
  • A woman who took religious vows or a vow of chastity.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vowesses were often widows but not always.
    • The Vowess in a blue dress with white hood is kneeling before the Bishop.
    • Her chapter concerning the library of the London vowess Margery de Nerford also discusses the events surrounding de Nerford's wardship, forced marriage, ensuing divorce, and legal battles.
    • This discourse of spiritual marriage to Christ might also be used by a widow desiring to avoid remarriage by becoming a vowess.
    • She was divorced and avoided marriage for the rest of her life, becoming a vowess.
    Synonyms
    sister, novice, abbess, prioress, mother superior, reverend mother

Origin

Early 16th century: from vow + -ess1.

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