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

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 Mee, Arthur

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

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 Mee, Arthur

All the voices, the voice of the merciful canoness excepted, demand with Countess Ursine, "Justice and vengeance!"

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