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Bonze

A Buddhist or Fohist priest monk or nun...

Jesuitess

One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633...

One of an order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto in Kentucky The members of the order called also Sisters of Loretto or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans their labors being chiefly confined to the western United States...

Minoress

See Franciscan Nuns under Franciscan a...

Nunnery

A house in which nuns reside a cloister or convent in which women reside for life under religious vows See Cloister and Convent...

Prioress

A lady superior of a priory of nuns and next in dignity to an abbess...

Abbey, or Abby

Abbey, or Abby [fr. abbatia, Lat.], a place or house for religious retirement, governed by an abbess where nuns are, and by an abbot where monks reside. No fewer than 190 abbeys were dissolved by Henry VIII., the yearly revenue of which amounted to 2,853,000/. Per annum (an almost incredible sum, considering the value of money in those days), a great part of which went to Rome, the governors and governesses of several of the richest among them being foreigners resident in Italy. See 27 Hen. 8, c. 28, and 31 Hen. 8, c. 13, printed in supplement to vol. 16 of the 2nd ed. of the Statutes Revised....

Abduction

Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:-(a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even a presumptive expectation) with intent to marry or carnally know her or to cause her to be married or carnally known. (b) Where any person fradulently allures, takes away or detains with like intent such a woman under 21 out of the possession and against the will of her parent or other person having the lawful care of her. In either of these two cases a person convicted is incapable of taking any estate or interest in the woman's property, (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861. (c) Where any person by force takes away or detains any woman being of age with like intent (Ib. s. 54). It is a misdemeanour:-(a) Where any person takes away an unmarried girl under 16 out of the possession and against the will of her parent or other person having lawful charge of her (Ib. s. 55). A bona fid...

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