"mother superior" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mothers superior [plural], mother superiors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|mothers superior|s}} mother superior (plural mothers superior or mother superiors)
  1. A nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess. Categories (topical): Christianity, Monasticism, People Coordinate_terms: father superior Translations (nun in charge of a convent): nunnaluostarin johtaja (Finnish), abbedissa [Catholic] (Finnish), igumenia (english: Eastern Orthodox) (Finnish), mère supérieure [feminine] (French), Mutter Oberin [feminine] (German), ηγουμένη (igouméni) [feminine] (Greek), apácafőnöknő (Hungarian), máthairab [feminine] (Irish), matka przełożona [feminine] (Polish), madre superiora [feminine] (Portuguese), настоя́тельница (nastojátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), мать-настоя́тельница (matʹ-nastojátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), игу́менья (igúmenʹja) [feminine] (Russian)

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          "convent",
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          "prioress",
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          "abbess",
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          "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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          "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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      "word": "madre superiora"
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      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "мать-настоя́тельница"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "igúmenʹja",
      "sense": "nun in charge of a convent",
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