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presbyterissa

presbyterissa [LL presbyter+-issa] , wife or consort of a priest, (also understood as) nun. hec ~iterissa, vel presbitera, i. uxor presbiteri Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 267; s1035 prefatum Swanum de quadam ~yterissa [Trevisa:preostes womman; MS; Harl. 2261: myncheon] recenter natum sibi ‥ supposuisse Higd. VI 20 p. 132; hec ~eterissa, hec sacerdotissa, a prystes wyfe WW.

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