superioress
Example Sentences
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As was to be expected, Francesca strenuously refused to accede to this proposal, and pleaded her inability for the duties of a superioress.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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
One of the latter is Madame Letitia Doherty, assistant superioress of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Kenwood, Albany, N. Y.; the other is in the Elmhurst Convent of the Sacred Heart, at Providence, R.I.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various
By a singular institution, he appointed the abbess superioress over the men, who live in a remote monastery, whose superiors she nominates.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
She continued the same humiliations, and the same universal poverty, though soon after chosen superioress of her congregation.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
