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Mother superior   /mˈəðər supˈɪriər/   Listen
Mother superior

noun
1.
The superior of a group of nuns.  Synonyms: abbess, prioress.





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... are infused with the spirit that animated Father Damien. Time, distance, and isolation count for naught with them. It is no uncommon thing to encounter in the bush a Catholic priest who has been on continuous service there for fifteen or twenty years without a holiday. At Luluaburg lives a Mother Superior who has been in the field for a quarter of a century without wandering more than two hundred miles from ...
— An African Adventure • Isaac F. Marcosson
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Words linked to "Mother superior" :   Saint Brigid, Saint Bride, St. Bridget, prioress, superior, Saint Bridget, mother, Brigid, St. Brigid, abbess, bride, Heloise, St. Bride, Bridget


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