Reverend Mother
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You never know in these big productions when you are going to be politely asked to leave, but the Reverend Mother Mohiam is still in there.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023
The actor has his moments in “Dune,” including in an early scene with Rampling’s Reverend Mother, who puts Paul through a painful test; Chalamet excels at imparting a sense of confused woundedness, psychic and physical.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021
She plays the strict Reverend Mother of a convent in the 60s, struggling to deal with the Vatican’s loosening of a system she’s devoted her life to.
From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2017
Splendidly acted by an almost all-female ensemble, the film features particularly standout performances by Margaret Qualley as a sensitive young postulant, and by Melissa Leo as the convent’s not-unsympathetic Gorgon of a Reverend Mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2017
“The Reverend Mother has more pressing needs for her disinfectant.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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