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
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
She was a niece of Madame Guyon, a young lady whom they called Madame de la Maisonfort, for she was a canoness.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
The canoness and the Bernardine nun step into the enclosure reserved for the litigants.
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène
"From my very heart!" exclaimed the canoness, with emotion.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
