Mother Superior
noun
: a woman who is the head of a convent
—often used as a form of address
Good morning, Mother Superior.
Examples of Mother Superior in a Sentence
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She’s called into the Mother Superior’s office, where Father Sal and several other authorities want to speak to her.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Last year, Goldberg made a public plea to Maggie Smith to reprise her role as Mother Superior in the third movie.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
Produced by Uruguay’s Mother Superior and Spains’ Bowfinger Intl.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Alida Valli co-stars as the detached Mother Superior, and Joe Dallesandro is a lusty young doctor who arrives to aggravate her condition.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 24 Oct. 2023
For seven years, she’s been happy to make strawberry jam with her convent sisters, share a birthday drink with her Mother Superior (Margo Martindale) and run down crooked illusionists.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
The Mother Superior is dubious about Deloris but eventually enlists her to train the convent’s comically off-key choir.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
The show has also attracted topnotch supporting players, with Elizabeth Marvel and Margo Martindale as Simone’s mom and Mother Superior, respectively.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Last year, Goldberg made a public plea to Maggie Smith to reprise her role as Mother Superior in the third movie.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
Produced by Uruguay’s Mother Superior and Spains’ Bowfinger Intl.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Alida Valli co-stars as the detached Mother Superior, and Joe Dallesandro is a lusty young doctor who arrives to aggravate her condition.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 24 Oct. 2023
For seven years, she’s been happy to make strawberry jam with her convent sisters, share a birthday drink with her Mother Superior (Margo Martindale) and run down crooked illusionists.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
The Mother Superior is dubious about Deloris but eventually enlists her to train the convent’s comically off-key choir.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
The show has also attracted topnotch supporting players, with Elizabeth Marvel and Margo Martindale as Simone’s mom and Mother Superior, respectively.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
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“Mother Superior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mother%20Superior. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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