Hyphenation of prioress

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prioress? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pri-oress

Definitions of prioress:

1.	The superior of a group of nuns

Synonyms of prioress:

noun	abbess, mother superior, superior

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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