superioress

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In the October of 1912 the superioress of the convent, having heard of a cure obtained through the prayers and blessing of the Holy Father, determined to have recourse to him.

From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

Mother Mace was superioress of the Hotel-Dieu, but the mainstay of the institution was the well-known Mademoiselle Mance, who, by the aid of Madame de Bullion's benefactions, had founded it in 1643.

From The Great Intendant : A chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-1672 by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)

The superioress is only called Ancelle, or servant, for humility.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

After this my second daughter appeared—a pretty young hoyden, with lovable clinging ways; and then the superioress asked if I would like to see the garden.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Some said it was disappointed ambition in not being appointed superioress; others, that it was a case of love; but she never told, and the ladies of the convent were just as reticent.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley