canoness

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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

I am the last to defend a departure from duty," the old canoness goes on, "but in this case the blame really falls partly upon Ada's family.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

At breakfast, on the first morning after his arrival, he cut the old canoness to the heart.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

Physically, she had doubled her chin like a canoness.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

She had recently become a canoness of Povesay, a very noble foundation, indeed, in Lorraine, where the Sisters wore little black ribbons on their heads which they called 'husbands.'

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew