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

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

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

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

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