[n] the superior of a group of nuns
abbess, prioress
abbess, canoness, chatelaine, clergywoman, conventual, dame, dowager, first lady, goodwife, governess, great lady, homemaker, housewife, lady superior, madam, matriarch, matron, mistress, novice, nun, postulant, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, sis