mother superior

See also: Mother Superior

English

Noun

mother superior (plural mothers superior or mother superiors)

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

Coordinate terms

• father superior

Translations

nun in charge of a convent

• Finnish: nunnaluostarin johtaja, abbedissa (fi) (Catholic), igumenia (fi) (Eastern Orthodox)
• French: mère supérieure (fr) f
• German: Mutter Oberin f
• Greek: ηγουμένη (el) f (igouméni)
• Hungarian: apácafőnöknő (hu)
• Irish: máthairab f
• Polish: matka przełożona f
• Russian: настоя́тельница (ru) f (nastojátelʹnica), мать-настоя́тельница (ru) f (matʹ-nastojátelʹnica), игу́менья (ru) f (igúmenʹja)