Definition of Preceptress. Meaning of Preceptress. Synonyms of Preceptress

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Definition of Preceptress

Preceptress
Preceptress Pre*cep"tress, n. A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

Meaning of Preceptress from wikipedia

- A preceptor (from Latin, "praecepto") is a teacher responsible for upholding a precept, meaning a certain law or tradition. Senior Buddhist monks can become...
- The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, or The Boarding School is a novel written by Hannah Webster Foster which was published...
- musician Hannah Maynard ****rd (1812–1844), American school teacher, preceptress, author Hannah Pingree (born 1976), majority leader and Speaker of the...
- title page. In 1798, she published The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, a commentary on female education in the United States...
- - February 18, 1877) was a 19th-century American writer, editor, and preceptress. She succeeded Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford as the editor of the Ladies'...
- the Christian Brothers, Benedictines and Marists, as well as with his preceptress, Professor María Teresa Angulo, from Madrid. He also studied in Quebec...
- Boarding School may refer to: The Boarding School; or, Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils, 1798 American novel The Boarding School (film), 1969 Spanish...
- pioneer Hannah Maynard ****rd (1812–1844), American school teacher, preceptress, author James ****rd, English inventor Jan ****rd (1927–1998), South...
- November 1914) was an American educator from New Hampshire. She served as preceptress of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College, now known...
- Albert Paley, Professor Emeritus, American sculptor Mary Mortimer, "preceptress," i.e. head, of the "female department," 1841–1844. A pioneer of higher...