reverend mother
Example Sentences
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What is more, their reverend mother cannot even ask the mother general in Paris for special permission; the reverend mother has forgotten her French.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why should not Hyacinth come to us and be reared with Angela?" asked the reverend mother.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Good night, dear and reverend mother; good night and good-bye.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Ah, reverend mother, ten such moments will age a man by ten years.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Euphrosyne had a strong persuasion, all the while, that she should one day tell her reverend mother the whole.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet
