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

Thou?" said Quentin, in astonishment—"thou be admitted to the presence of the ladies, and here, where they are in a manner recluses under the protection of the Bishop's sister, a noble canoness?

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir

She had recently become a canoness of Povesay, a very noble foundation, indeed, in Lorraine, where the Sisters wore little black ribbons on their heads which they called 'husbands.'

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew

"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

Physically, she had doubled her chin like a canoness.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys