The head of a convent in Canterbury Tales is called the _____?

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The head of a convent in Canterbury Tales is called the _____?

a. Nun
b. Priest
c. Prioress
d. Franklin

2006-06-09 08:06:45 · 4 answers · asked by yff g 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

4 answers

C. Prioress

Prioress \Pri"or*ess\, n. [OF. prioresse.]
A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to
an abbess.
[1913 Webster]

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WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
priory
n : religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a
convent governed by a prioress

2006-06-09 08:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by zen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Sorry If wrong. Franklin

2006-06-09 15:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by Nitin B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

b. Priest

2006-06-09 16:03:21 · answer #3 · answered by SuGaR LiPs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

FIRST ANSWER THIS IN WHICH TALE ?

2006-06-09 15:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by pardoner67@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋