superioress
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Some said it was disappointed ambition in not being appointed superioress; others, that it was a case of love; but she never told, and the ladies of the convent were just as reticent.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore
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 Augustus J. C. Hare
I told the superioress I came here for a week.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Marie Corelli
The day the society was formed, in 1802, she became superioress of the first house, which was at Amiens.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur
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 Alban Butler
