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Mother superior

noun

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

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... unfortunately one of the sisters, suspecting some mystery, from the changed face of Sister Maddelena, began investigating, and at length discovered the rope neatly coiled up by the nun's window, and hidden under some clinging vines. She instantly told the Mother Superior; and together they watched from a window in the crypt of the chapel,—the only place, as you will see to-morrow, from which one could see the window of Sister Maddelena's cell. They saw the figure of Michele daringly ascending the ...

— Black Spirits and White - A Book of Ghost Stories • Ralph Adams Cram

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Words linked to "Mother superior" : Saint Brigid, prioress, abbess, Bridget, Heloise, St. Bride, superior, St. Bridget, Saint Bridget, Brigid, bride, mother, St. Brigid, Saint Bride