superioress
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His manner was curt enough to please the superioress of a nunnery.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Louis Tracy
Among other writers' names we find that of Mother Mary Paul de Blaigni, superioress of the Congregation at Troyes, which was really the cradle of Sister Bourgeois' sublime virtues.
From Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois by Anonymous
In the October of 1912 the superioress of the convent, having heard of a cure obtained through the prayers and blessing of the Holy Father, determined to have recourse to him.
From Pope Pius the Tenth by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
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
As was to be expected, Francesca strenuously refused to accede to this proposal, and pleaded her inability to the duties of a superioress.
From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Georgiana Fullerton
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