| 单词 | father superior |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFather Superior b. Christian Church. Designating the head of a religious order, congregation, community, or institution. Chiefly as postmodifier in titles, as Father Superior, Sister Superior, Mother Superior at mother n.1 3a, etc. Cf. sense B. 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > conventual head > [noun] presidentc1410 superior1496 sovereign1534 rector1601 Father Superior1612 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > [noun] > female superioress1756 Superioress General1756 Mother General1865 Sister Superior1991 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > conventual head > [noun] > female presidentress1650 Reverend Mother1658 superioress1669 provostess1871 Mother Superior1907 Mother Vicaress1930 Mother Prioress1961 Sister Superior1991 1612 W. Fennor Pluto his Trauailes 20 The Father Superiour caused a mortall potion to be tempered for them all. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The chief Governour or Governess of a Monastery, otherwise call'd Superiour Father, or Superiour Mother. 1781 R. Pulteney Gen. View Writings Linnæus Pref. sig. *5 I was moued..by the Reuerend Mother Superiour of the English Teresian-Carmelites, at Antwerpe. 1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xi. 187 A feeling upon which the Father Superior calculated with security. 1882 E. M. Stewart Stories Christian Schools iii. 114 The Brother Superior at St. Joseph's..caused all possible..inquiries to be made in the neighbourhood. 1907 Athenæum 2 Nov. 545/3 The astute yet saintly mother-superior. 1991 M. Bird & A. Sutherland Living Kindness iii. 51 The Sister Superior was strict for the sisters and nurses, too. 2006 Church Times 23 June 5/1 Now Assistant Mother Superior, she remains a trustee of Helen House. < as lemmas |
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