superioress

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I handed her my card, and stated my desire to see the Countess Romani, if agreeable to the superioress.

From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie

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

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

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Out of confession none must speak with her confessor without the permission of her superioress, who shall not give leave unless there be sufficient reason for it.

From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)

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.