superioress
Example Sentences
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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 M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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
In coming in, and in going away, she always reverently kissed the hand of Agnese de Sellis the superioress, and asked for her blessing.
From The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others by Georgiana Fullerton
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
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
