Definitions
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- noun Title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.
- noun Formal title for any female member of a religious or fraternal organization. (Compare
Miss .) - noun An informal title used as part of another moniker:
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Examples
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When I heard the name Sister Mary Madonna, my heart leaped for joy.
The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010
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When I heard the name Sister Mary Madonna, my heart leaped for joy.
The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010
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When I heard the name Sister Mary Madonna, my heart leaped for joy.
The Grace to Race Sister Madonna Buder 2010
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Clinton went on to win the presidency, and the term Sister Souljah moment subsequently entered the political lexicon.
Hillary Supporter Andrew Cuomo On Her NH Win: "You Can't Shuck And Jive" w/Press Corps 2009
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In the Anglican Church, it is used for an archdeacon; in the Catholic Church, it is a title for a dead person who may be beatified on the way to sainthood; and in Buddhism, it is used by nuns, roughly equivalent to the title Sister.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the Anglican Church, it is used for an archdeacon; in the Catholic Church, it is a title for a dead person who may be beatified on the way to sainthood; and in Buddhism, it is used by nuns, roughly equivalent to the title Sister.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the Anglican Church, it is used for an archdeacon; in the Catholic Church, it is a title for a dead person who may be beatified on the way to sainthood; and in Buddhism, it is used by nuns, roughly equivalent to the title Sister.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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In the Anglican Church, it is used for an archdeacon; in the Catholic Church, it is a title for a dead person who may be beatified on the way to sainthood; and in Buddhism, it is used by nuns, roughly equivalent to the title Sister.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Always known by her nickname "Sister", Parish was a decorator whose houses looked colourful, pretty and cosy.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Elfreda Pownall 2011
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The Divine Sister is part of Busch's minor canon; it isn't as layered as Die, Mommie, Die!, but it's still great fun, zinging the Catholic Church and Hollywood with irreverence and good old-fashioned sass.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: The Divine Sister, The Screwtape Letters, Freckleface Strawberry Fern Siegel 2010
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