Sister Minoress

English

Alternative forms

sister minoress

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

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