lady superior

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Many would have thought the matured charms of the lady superior to the innocent-looking beauty of the girl; but no one could have come to such an opinion who saw them both at that moment.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

He raised his inane face, and fixed his dull eye on the lady superior; but he made no reply.

From Within an Inch of His Life by Gaboriau, Émile

This was Michaelmas: on that day the press was to have followed Lenette's Salzburg emigrants, the napkins, as their lady superior; but nobody in all the town would have anything to do with it.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul

"I have a message from the bishop to the lady superior."

From With Moore at Corunna by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He also told me that the lady superior of Sainte-Marthe knew his secret, and that I could confide in her.

From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile