fratress

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noun

A woman in charge of the furniture in a convent.

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Meanings

nounfratress (plural fratresses)

plural fratresses

  1. A woman in charge of the furniture in a convent.

    On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.

    2010, Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535, page 567

Origin

From frater + -ess. Piecewise doublet of friaress.

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APA

fratress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratress

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“fratress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fratress,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fratress.

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