"father superior" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fathers superior [plural], father superiors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|fathers superior|s}} father superior (plural fathers superior or father superiors)
  1. a friar or monk in charge of a monastery, priory or convent; an abbot or a prior Categories (topical): Christianity, Monasticism, People Coordinate_terms: mother superior Translations (friar or monk in charge): munkkiluostarin johtaja (Finnish), luostarin johtaja (Finnish), apotti [Catholic] (Finnish), igumeni (english: Eastern Orthodox) (Finnish), priori (Finnish), père supérieur [masculine] (French), ηγούμενος (igoúmenos) [masculine] (Greek), superior [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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