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
It was no bishop or presbytery that consecrated me, but a saintly Cornish woman, whom we children called old Rosie, and who was, indeed, my right reverend mother in God.
From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert
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)
“Whatever it be, reverend mother, do we not all, does not every one quake when Madame Ogé comes abroad?”
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet
The reverend mother drew Angela to her side, took off the little black silk hood, and laid her hand caressingly on the soft brown hair.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
