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

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

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

That forty-year-old canoness, with high shoulders and grating voice!

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

They showed how this would operate immediately upon the fortunes of a sister of the Count, who was on the point of being received as a canoness into one of the noble chapters.

From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington

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 Schubin, Ossip