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
"If I am ever dean," said Mr. Slope, "that is, were I ever to become so, I should glory in such a canoness."
From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
At breakfast, on the first morning after his arrival, he cut the old canoness to the heart.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
His sister was canoness in an aristocratic order, whose members were permitted to receive visits from their brothers.
From France in the Nineteenth Century by Elizabeth Latimer
"A cup of coffee?" the old canoness asked the newcomer.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
