superioress

Example Sentences

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The library is common property, but no one may use or read any book save by permission of the superioress.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 by Various

I handed her my card, and stated my desire to see the Countess Romani, if agreeable to the superioress.

From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Corelli, Marie

Here Gustave and I were received by the superioress, an elderly woman, with a mild holy face, and a quiet grace of manner which might become a duchess.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

After this my second daughter appeared—a pretty young hoyden, with lovable clinging ways; and then the superioress asked if I would like to see the garden.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

His manner was curt enough to please the superioress of a nunnery.

From The Captain of the Kansas by Tracy, Louis