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Reverend Mother

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Synonyms & Antonyms of Reverend Mother

as in mother superior, anchoress

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for Reverend Mother

abbess,
anchoress
(or ancress),
cloistress
[obsolete],
conventual,
mother superior,
novice,
prioress,
religious,
votary
[archaic]

nun,
sister

clergywoman,
deaconess,
high priestess,
priestess

friar,
mendicant,
monastic,
monk,
oblate

clergyperson,
cleric,
clerical,
clerk,
deacon,
divine,
dominie,
ecclesiastic,
high priest,
minister,
preacher,
reverend

abbot,
archbishop,
archpriest,
bishop,
dean,
diocesan,
monsignor,
pope,
prelate,
presbyter

churchman,
clergyman,
father,
Holy Joe
[slang],
padre

abbé,
curate,
curé,
parson,
pastor,
rector,
shepherd,
vicar

chaplain,
confessor,
sky pilot

evangelist,
missionary,
missioner,
missionizer,
revivalist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for Reverend Mother

lay reader,
lector

layman,
layperson,
secular

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“Reverend Mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Reverend%20Mother. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.

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