superioress

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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 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

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

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.