reverend mother

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As in the book, Lady Jessica is forced to become the Fremen’s Reverend Mother by drinking “the water of life” — a poisonous liquid taken from sandworms that downloads the memory of all her ancestors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024

You never know in these big productions when you are going to be politely asked to leave, but the Reverend Mother Mohiam is still in there.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023

The actor has his moments in “Dune,” including in an early scene with Rampling’s Reverend Mother, who puts Paul through a painful test; Chalamet excels at imparting a sense of confused woundedness, psychic and physical.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Sister Act While the 1992 fish-out-of-water comedy was seen by most as a showcase for the undeniable comic talents of a frenetic Whoopi Goldberg, Smith’s turn as the disapproving Reverend Mother was note perfect.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2015

Quiet nuns clustered quietly around their Reverend Mother, who never read their letters.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy