superioress

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He appointed superioress Herlande of Champagne, a near kinswoman to the duke of Brittany; and Petronilla of Craon, baroness of Chemillé, coadjutress.

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

When she returned to school, the superioress regretted that she had been allowed to visit Mrs. Baker again, because too much gaiety wasn't good for her, and she was falling off in her studies.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway

She continued the same humiliations, and the same universal poverty, though soon after chosen superioress of her congregation.

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

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)

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