reverend mother
Example Sentences
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What is more, their reverend mother cannot even ask the mother general in Paris for special permission; the reverend mother has forgotten her French.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thy reverend mother would thine eyes engage To view thy walls, dismantled long with age And base neglect, and ponder her gray hair.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
The reverend mother desires me to inform you that it is now the hour for mass—she has herself already entered the chapel.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie
Returning toward the hospice, we met the reverend mother and a sister; they took us into the little chapel where we were to hear mass the following morning.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Such was the representation which sister Claire made to her reverend mother, on the first opportunity.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet
