superioress
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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 M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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 J. M. (Jean Mary) Stone
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 Alban Butler
At Paris, on the morning of Monday, May 22, only seven whole days later, the superioress of the Society of the Sacred Heart had attended the mass of the community.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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 H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
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