cloistress

English

Etymology

cloister +‎ -ess

Noun

cloistress (plural cloistresses)

1. (obsolete or literary) A nun.
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Like a cloistress she will veiled walk.

References

• “cloistress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.