reverend mother

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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

It was no bishop or presbytery that consecrated me, but a saintly Cornish woman, whom we children called old Rosie, and who was, indeed, my right reverend mother in God.

From White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor by Banks, Louis Albert

"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)

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

Your reverend mother   Is grown a very old woman in two hours.

From The White Devil by Webster, John