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Mother

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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A title used to designate the superioress of a large community or congregation of religious women. It is used principally to designate the superior general of an entire congregation, the provincial superior, if the congregation be divided into provinces, and sometimes to designate the local superior of an independent community. In some communities, as in the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is the title of a professed religious.

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Entry for 'Mother'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​m/mother.html. 1910.
 
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