mother superior

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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

Finally, there’s the order’s mother superior, Mother Mary Veronica, 70, who left an 11-year career as a flight attendant for American Airlines in her 30s to join the order and seek a closeness with God.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2018

It took place in a Catholic girls boarding school; Hayley Mills played a firebrand troublemaker, and Rosalind Russell was the mother superior.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017

“I really don’t think the mother superior wants an eejit at the convent,” Emilia said.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer