Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

friaress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fri-a-ress
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female friar.

Example Sentences

"He put upon his friars and friaresses obligations which proclaimed openly and fearlessly a direct and radical social regeneration."
"Similar letters to the bishop of Salamanca and bishops in Italy indicate the existence of a movement of wandering friaresses on an international scale."
"There were friaresses in Europe, but the Church was very uncomfortable with them."

Etymology

From Middle English freresse; equivalent to friar + -ess. Piecewise doublet of fratress.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: freresse
Suffix: friar

Inflected Forms

friaresses (plural)

Questions

What does friaress mean?: A female friar.
Where does friaress come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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