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

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

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

The old canoness, who is seated on his right, provokes his smile.

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

"From my very heart!" exclaimed the canoness, with emotion.

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