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Word: subprioress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...that houses 140 Benedictine nuns and a chapel that seats 300 people. The sisters' $105,000 investment-which came from selling stock they owned-has so far saved them $7,000 in heating costs, and geologists are busy surveying for a second well. Says Sister Maureen Tobin, the subprioress of the convent: "We anticipated that we could pay back our investment in ten years. But with costs still rising, we now feel we'll do it in less time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Backyard Fuel | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

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