Reverend Mother

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 “Reverend Mother” mysteries are set in the 1920s, against the backdrop of Ireland’s Civil War, with Reverend Mother Aquinas using her knowledge of every level of Cork’s intricate social hierarchy to solve murders.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

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

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

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy