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superioress|s(j)uːˈpɪərɪərɪs|
[f. superior n. + -ess.]
A female superior; the head of a convent or order of nuns; a mother superior. Also superioress-general.
1671Woodhead St. Teresa ii. iv. 25 The charge of being Superioress. 1745A. Butler Lives Saints, B. Colette (1821) III. 40 He constituted her superioress-general of the whole Order of St. Clare. Ibid., S. Frances 94 Chosen superioress of her congregation. 1827Doyle in W. J. Fitz-Patrick Life (1880) II. 27 Novices are not permitted to invite any person, unless expressly desired to do so by the superioress. 1890J. Brenan in 38th Rep. Dept. Sci. & Art (1891) 41 The Superioress, Convent of Mercy, Newry. |