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Definition 2024

mother_superior

mother superior

See also: Mother Superior

English

Noun

mother superior ‎(plural mother superiors or mothers superior)

a nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess

Translations

nun in charge of a priory

French: mère supérieure (fr) f
German: Mutter Oberin f
Greek: ηγουμένη (el) f ‎(igouméni)
Hungarian: apácafőnöknő (hu)

Russian: настоя́тельница (ru) f ‎(nastojátelʹnica), мать-настоя́тельница (ru) f ‎(matʹ-nastojátelʹnica), игу́менья (ru) f ‎(igúmenʹja)