mother superior
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About three miles from downtown Galveston, 93 children lived at St. Mary’s Orphanage with 10 nuns, including Sister M. Camillus Tracy, the mother superior.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2020
Bryant, one of the first to challenge that imbalance, became a mother superior to any number of young artists, including Hammons.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
The nuns feed about 2,500 migrants once a day – rice, beans, eggs and bread – thought donations are scarce and local traders often try to gouge prices, said Sister Bertha López, the mother superior.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2019
She took a name given to her by the mother superior: Sister Isidora Maria, and her head was shaved like the other sisters.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2018
“The mother superior will have one,” Maria said airily.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
