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

• French: mère supérieure (fr) f
• German: Mutter Oberin f
• Greek: ηγουμένη (el) f (igouméni)
• Hungarian: apácafőnöknő (hu)
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• Irish: máthairab f
• Russian: настоя́тельница (ru) f (nastojátelʹnica), мать-настоя́тельница (ru) f (matʹ-nastojátelʹnica), игу́менья (ru) f (igúmenʹja)