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

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

Condorcet has lived in high society, while his wife, a former canoness, possess the charms, the repose, the instruction, and the elegance of an accomplished woman.

From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John

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

The canoness and the Bernardine nun step into the enclosure reserved for the litigants.

From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène