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 her side stood her younger sister, a canoness, who was paying her a few days' visit—an amiable lady with a very cheerful temperament.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various
I am the last to defend a departure from duty," the old canoness goes on, "but in this case the blame really falls partly upon Ada's family.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
The old canoness, who is seated on his right, provokes his smile.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
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 Arthur Mee
