As the vicaress was her almoner that lady felt her importance rapidly on the increase. ❋ Unknown (1907)
This chapter ordinarily meets every six or twelve years, being summoned by the superior general or mother vicaress; but an extraordinary meeting may be called on the occurrence in the vacancy in the office of superior, or for any other grave reason approved by the Holy See. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
She is bound to the rules and the choir, but not to the private recitation of the Divine Office; she can take part in chapters, except in those in which others are admitted to vows; she cannot be elected superior, mother-vicaress, mistress of novices, assistant, counsellor, or treasurer. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
At the last general chapter held in London, 31 July, 1906, a vicaress general for America was appointed. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Augsburg, Rome, Burghausen, Hammersmith, and York were governed by local superiors appointed by the chief superior, who resided for the most part at Rome, and had a vicaress in Munich. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
"They will be angry with me," said the vicaress awkwardly. ❋ Unknown (1907)
They wasted no time, however, in coming to the point, and in a measure it was the vicaress who aided them. ❋ Unknown (1907)
The tone of mingled patronage and possession in which her guest spoke of her own two particular sacred totems, vicar and vicaress, incensed her highly. ❋ Lucas Malet (1891)
The complaint was that the parishioner's wife did not curtsey to the vicaress, but on the contrary, when she met or passed her on the road she maintained an exceedingly stiff, erect attitude, which was not right, and far from pleasant to the other. ❋ Unknown (1881)
The vicaress gave a genial, irrelevant laugh, and observed that he was a precious little pet "Let him choose," said Mark ❋ Henry James (1879)
He was still talking to the vicaress, but this good lady, I think, had lost the thread of her attention. ❋ Henry James (1879)
I found afterwards that he had, in his study, between smiles and cigar-smoke, some wonderful comparisons for his clerical neighbors; but meanwhile the chrysanthemums were a source of harmony, for he and the vicaress were equally fond of them, and I was surprised at the knowledge they exhibited of this interesting plant. ❋ Henry James (1879)
Lord Cray walked away with her; the procession filed into the dining room, and somewhere at the end of it my young vicaress and myself. ❋ George Du Maurier (1865)
"And you mean to tell me," said the female vicaress, rising to her feet in her wrath, "that I-- that I-- am to go away?" ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)
She had reigned the female vicaress, without a drawback, praying daily, and in her heart almost hourly, for the continuance in the land of such excellent noblemen as Lord Stapledean. ❋ Anthony Trollope (1848)
Sister Rosa Monique Peña is vicaress of the congregation. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Candidly, my dear, never did I set eyes on such a pack of scarecrows — from the vicaress with her wolf’s teeth, up the scale and down.” ❋ Unknown (2003)
