preceptresses

Aurore set herself to work to fill up, in secret, the many blanks left by her preceptresses, -- wishing, as she says, to conceal, as far as she could, their want of faith or of thoroughness.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

But her remarks from time to time would have shocked the ultra-correct preceptresses of that excellent seat of learning.

Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters 1916

I have known him pause before an unfamiliar dish at table and ask one of his preceptresses, in the frankest manner possible, whether the exigencies of the situation called for a spoon or a fork: and out of doors it was a perpetual joy to hear him whisper, on the approach of some one whom he thought might be a friend of ours, "Will I lift my hat?"

The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton Ian Hay 1914

If she is bright, she must not be overworked in the school factory, studying in a way which parodies Hood's "Song of the Shirt"; and if dull or feeble, she should not be worried by preceptresses like

Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885

Among the women who have been successful as preceptresses in the

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

The preceptresses regarded as impure everything that is human. "

Phyllis of Philistia Frank Frankfort Moore 1893

You will comply with the rules of the house as to hours; and your preceptresses will allow you, as far as possible, to follow your bent. "

The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance Harriet Martineau 1839