lady superior
Example Sentences
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The lady superior of the gray sister's convent.
From A Wounded Name by Charles King
For, even though the King himself bid thee come, yet is thy obligation to thy lady superior to the command of the King.
From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle
The lady superior was very hard, and if I had had to depend entirely on what she sent me up I should have done very badly.
From With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
My message is by word of mouth, and I am free to impart it to no one but to the lady superior.
From Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 by Talbot Baines Reed
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 Émile Gaboriau
