Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PRIORESS
abbess, mother superior, prioress
(noun) the superior of a group of nuns
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prioress (plural prioresses)
A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.
Source: Wiktionary
Pri"or*ess, n. Etym: [OF. prioresse.]
Definition: A lady superior of a priory of nuns, and next in dignity to an abbess.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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