superioress

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The superioress alone has power to dispense with the rule of silence in case of necessity, as she transacts most of the business, social or legal, of her community.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

Here Gustave and I were received by the superioress, an elderly woman, with a mild holy face, and a quiet grace of manner which might become a duchess.

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

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

As was to be expected, Francesca strenuously refused to accede to this proposal, and pleaded her inability to the duties of a superioress.

From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Fullerton, Georgiana

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)