canoness

[ kan-uh-nis ]

/ ˈkæn ə nɪs /

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noun

a member of a Christian community of women living under a rule but not under a vow.

Nearby words

canola oil, canon, canon city, canon law, canonchet, canoness, canonical, canonical age, canonical hour, canonicals, canonicate

Origin of canoness

First recorded in 1675–85; canon² + -ess

Usage note

See -ess.

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Examples from the Web for canoness

The former was called Madame, because she was canoness of a chapter at Lorraine.
The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete|Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
And a Parisian market-woman spoke better French than a German canoness with sixty-four ancestors.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine|Heinrich Heine
The canoness rose, took my arm, and we seated ourselves at table together, still talking about Italian literature.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The canoness and the Bernardine nun step into the enclosure reserved for the litigants.
The Iron Pincers|Eugne Sue

She was made a canoness of the aristocratic order of St. Theresa, of which the Queen was the head.
Lola Montez|Edmund B. d'Auvergne

British Dictionary definitions for canoness

canoness

/ (ˈkænənɪs) /

noun

RC Church a woman belonging to any one of several religious orders and living under a rule but not under a vow

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canoness

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Origin of canoness

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British Dictionary definitions for canoness

canoness

noun