单词prioress
adj.: 先前的；较早的；在前的；优先的
n.: （小隐修院）院长；副院长
网络: 小女修道院院长；女修道副院长；女修道院副院长
先前的；较早的；在前的:
happening or existing before sth else or before a particular time
优先的；占先的；较重要的:
already existing and therefore more important
在…前面的:
before sth
（小隐修院）院长:
a person who is in charge of a group of monks or nuns living in a priory
（隐修院）会长，副院长:
(in an abbey ) a person next in rank below an abbot or abbess
小修女院院长;大修女院的副院长
复数：prioresses
The prioress, that pronounced prognosticator, immediately took a fancy to Cosette and gave her a place in the school as a charity pupil.
院长作了那样的预测以后，立即对珂赛特起了好感，让她在寄读学校里占了一个免费生名额。
The sub-prioress was an old Spanish nun, Mother Cineres, who was almost blind.
副院长是个眼睛几乎瞎了的西班牙籍老修女，西内莱斯嬷嬷。
The most powerful determining cause of his admission had been the prioress"s observation upon Cosette: "She will grow up ugly. "
让他们入院的最大决定因素，还是院长对珂赛特所作的那句评语：“她会长得丑。”
Once a week the chapter assembles: the prioress presides ; the vocal mothers assist.
她们每星期集合一次，院长主持，参议嬷嬷们出席。
The prioress could do nothing; the archbishop had spoken.
院长无可奈何，大主教的话已经说出了口。
In 1847, the prioress was young, a sign that the circle of choice was restricted.
一八四七年，院长是个年轻人，这说明选择的范围缩小了。
The two mothers consulted for a few moments in very low tones in the corner of the parlor, then the prioress turned round and said
那两个嬷嬷在接待室的角落里极轻声地商量了几分钟，接着院长又走回来，说
When he had finished speaking, the prioress stayed the slipping of her rosary between her fingers, and said to him
他谈完的时候，院长手指中间的念珠也停止转动了，她对他说