superioress
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His manner was curt enough to please the superioress of a nunnery.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis
One of the latter is Madame Letitia Doherty, assistant superioress of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Kenwood, Albany, N. Y.; the other is in the Elmhurst Convent of the Sacred Heart, at Providence, R.I.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various
I told the superioress I came here for a week.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
At Paris, on the morning of Monday, May 22, only seven whole days later, the superioress of the Society of the Sacred Heart had attended the mass of the community.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
The day the society was formed, in 1802, she became superioress of the first house, which was at Amiens.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
