The nun in charge of the altar in a convent.
A female servant in the early Christian church.
One of an order of women in some Protestant churches who nurse the sick and tend the poor.
A female deacon (Anglican).
A superior in a Franciscan monastery.
A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).
A person legally responsible for an incompetent person.
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
A major or final enemy; boss.