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
The canoness invokes the punishment of the saints against the felony of Mylio; in her despair Eglantine declares that she will turn Bernardine nun the very next day.
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène
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 Latimer, Elizabeth
"A cup of coffee?" the old canoness asked the newcomer.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip
She was made a canoness of the aristocratic order of St. Theresa, of which the Queen was the head.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
