The superior of a group of nuns.
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Examples for "abbess"
Examples for "abbess"
1The abbess looked up in a grave inquiry at this second intrusion.
2She suddenly paused in her wild walk, and looked toward the abbess.
3In another minute a casement opened above, and the abbess herself appeared.
4We will fill the carriage with fruit and flowers for the abbess.
5The abbess, of the bold lineage of Rudesheim, refused the sacrilegious demand.
1The prioress, who was telling her beads, raised her eyes and said:-
2It was the prioress who broke off the conversation, to Evelyn's regret.
3He built a nunnery which was headed by his daughter as prioress.
4Once a week the chapter assembles: the prioress presides; the vocal mothers assist.
5The vocal mother said to the prioress in a low voice
1The mother superior, the nuns, and some of the faithful rushed up to the organ-loft.
2The mother superior proved to be the quintessential witch, treating them as morally flawed beings.
3He recognized the envelop of the mother superior.
4The mother superior, a woman with a powerful face and a determined air, replied, without embarrassment:
5I thought I would be a mother superior.
6The mother superior was astonished but agreed, cautioning that he would have to pay the modest fees.
7The saintly Marie de l'Incarnation was mother superior of the Ursulines, and Mother Saint Bonaventure of the Hotel-Dieu.
8She wondered if the mother superior had sent this man covertly to guide her, then dismissed the thought.
9The mother superior of the Sacred Heart Convent at Roehampton heard of it and asked me to stay there.
10The mother superior looked surprised.
11So did the mother superior.
12The mother superior was the closest I had to a mother, and she was more like a maiden aunt.
13The Mother Superior was standing on the right side of the bed.
14But I told the Mother Superior exactly what I told the duke.
15The Mother Superior and the surgeon looked at each other rather blankly.
16Doltaire turned and bowed with a well-assumed reverence to the Mother Superior.
Translations for mother superior