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

When six years of age she was received as a canoness into the noble chapter of Alix, near Lyons, with the title of Madame la Comtesse de Lancy, taken from the town of Bourbon-Lancy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The title of this book, in the German, is "Der Roman der Stiftsdame," stiftsdame being rendered in this version canoness.

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul

The canoness invokes the punishment of the saints against the felony of Mylio; in her despair Eglantine declares that she will turn Bernardine nun the very next day.

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

"Stay with us, my daughter?" cried the canoness, "for you have a lofty soul and a great heart!"

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