What is "mother superior"

n. a nun in charge of a priory or convent; either a prioress or an abbess

n. the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, prioress]

A mother superior is an abbess, prioress or other nun in charge of a Christian religious order or congregation, a convent or house of women under vows.

Mother superior may also refer to:

• Mother Superior (band), a rock band who became ¾ of Rollins Band circa 2000
• Mother Superior, a short film about meth-moms in Salt Lake City, Utah, which was in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival
• "Mother Superior", a song on the album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow by the progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria
• "Mother Superior", a song on the album For God and Country by the punk rock band Good Riddance
• "Mother Superior", a song on the album Le Pop by the all-female, English-language, Norwegian band Katzenjammer
• Sin (Marvel Comics), Synthia Schmidt or Mother Superior, the daughter of the Red Skull in Marvel Comics
• "Mother Superior", the nickname of the heroin drug-dealer Johnny Swann in Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting

Mother Superior were an American, Los Angeles–based rock band, consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jim Wilson, bassist Marcus Blake and drummer Matt Tecu. In addition to playing live with the Rollins Band and U2 producer Daniel Lanois, the band has done session work with Daniel Lanois, Henry Rollins, Tony Visconti, Alice Cooper, Meat Loaf, Emmylou Harris, Sparks, Anthrax, Wayne Kramer, Lemmy, George Clinton, Iggy Pop, Mike Patton, and Queens of the Stone Age. On their own they have released eight studio albums.