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

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

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

Sister Act While the 1992 fish-out-of-water comedy was seen by most as a showcase for the undeniable comic talents of a frenetic Whoopi Goldberg, Smith’s turn as the disapproving Reverend Mother was note perfect.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2015

Quiet nuns clustered quietly around their Reverend Mother, who never read their letters.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy