lady superior

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And now, when all was settled, and when abbess and lady superior had had their will, it was but fitting that some pomp and show should mark the glad occasion.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

He was already in the door, when the lady superior recalled him.

From Within an Inch of His Life by Gaboriau, Émile

"Certainly, monsieur," replied the lady superior, who immediately dispatched a nun to fetch the required restorative.

From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

"I wish to see the lady superior," he said to the lay sister at the wicket.

From Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Perhaps I was intended as an example for the latter, for I heard the lady superior say to them, 'You see, my dear children, the result of good behavior.

From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile