superioress
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Mother Mace was superioress of the Hotel-Dieu, but the mainstay of the institution was the well-known Mademoiselle Mance, who, by the aid of Madame de Bullion's benefactions, had founded it in 1643.
From The Great Intendant : A chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-1672 by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
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 told the superioress I came here for a week.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Marie Corelli
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
His manner was curt enough to please the superioress of a nunnery.
From The Captain of the Kansas by Louis Tracy
