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
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 Andrew Lang
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 John Durand
With another sign, he made the canoness understand that she and his father were to kiss his betrothed.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
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
