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Noun(1) (2) the superior of a group of nuns

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(1) Benedictine authority and obedience are achieved through dialogue between a community member and her prioress in a spirit of co-responsibility.(2) She's the prioress of the community now, so such matters are her responsibility.(3) Of noble birth, she entered religious life at the age of 14 and rose to become prioress of her convent at Disibodenberg.(4) For example, at Loudon, France, a prioress , Sister Jeanne des Anges, was part of a contagious outbreak of writhing, convulsing nuns.(5) For Sister Mary Gabriel, who used to teach but is now the prioress , she hopes things will be get a little busier once the CD is on the shelves.(6) She was prioress of the first reformed Carmelite convent in France, and spread the teachings of the founder of the French School, Pierre de Berulle, through the movement.
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1. mother superior
2. abbess


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