canoness
Americannoun
noun
Gender
What's the difference between canoness and canon? See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of canoness
Example Sentences
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The nine-day period began with his canonizing as Saints Lucia Filippini, foundress of the religious educational order Maestre Pie Filippini, and Caterina Thoma, a Spanish canoness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The title of this book, in the German, is "Der Roman der Stiftsdame," stiftsdame being rendered in this version canoness.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul
When six years of age she was received as a canoness into the noble chapter of Alix, near Lyons, with the title of Madame la Comtesse de Lancy, taken from the town of Bourbon-Lancy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
At her side stood her younger sister, a canoness, who was paying her a few days' visit—an amiable lady with a very cheerful temperament.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various
She was a niece of Madame Guyon, a young lady whom they called Madame de la Maisonfort, for she was a canoness.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
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