A prioress is at the head of a group of nuns. She is described as being very neat and polite. She sang beautifully and spoke French. The type of French she spoke was not the type spoken in Paris. Chaucer also describes her as clean and down to earth. She is rich, which goes against the Church's beliefs that being rich is a sin. Evidence that Chaucer is interested in The Prioress because he took the time to write an accurate description of her compared to some others that Chaucer did not like as much. However, Chaucer observes that although she is a well-adjusted person, she does not follow the Church's orders to be poor. People he didn't like included the Brother and the