Reverend Mother

British  

noun

1. a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent

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Reverend Mother

Although they dress like nuns styled by Jean Paul Gaultier and hold titles like Reverend Mother, they adhere to a regimen of martial arts training and learn how to be living lie detectors.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2024

As in the book, Lady Jessica is forced to become the Fremen’s Reverend Mother by drinking “the water of life” — a poisonous liquid taken from sandworms that downloads the memory of all her ancestors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

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

When she arrived, Pamela remembers defiantly shouting out "God Bless England!" during morning prayers, rather than saluting Australia, for which she received "the thrashing of her life" from the Reverend Mother.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2015

“The Reverend Mother would wash your mouth with disinfectant.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver