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Meaning of mother superior | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess.
  2. The head of a convent; an abbess.

Equivalents

Deutsch Mutter Oberin
Ελληνικά ηγουμένη
Suomi abbedissa igumenia
Français mère supérieure
Português madre superiora
Русский игу́менья мать-настоя́тельница настоя́тельница

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Mother Teresa Mother Theresa Mother Thumb and her four daughters mother tongue mother wit Mother Xmas

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