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

Consuelo knelt before him; he looked fixedly at her, and then, giving a sign to the canoness, she placed his arms on Consuelo's shoulders.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

His feelings towards me he likewise showed us pantomimically, by procuring me a post of canoness, the income of which I very soon began to draw.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

"A cup of coffee?" the old canoness asked the newcomer.

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

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