Sister Minoress

English

Alternative forms

• sister minoress

Etymology

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

Noun

Sister Minoress (plural Sisters Minoress)

1. (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: Oxford University Press, 2022.