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