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
Nay, reverend mother, I doubt whether of his own accord Cromwell would have done this thing.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Your reverend mother Is grown a very old woman in two hours.
From The White Devil by Webster, John
"I question if you will find her at Paris," said the reverend mother.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
“If you desire to fish, I doubt not our reverend mother will make you welcome to our pond yonder.”
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet
