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

Behind rode the father of the bride sunk in thought, and along with him was his pious sister Notburge, the canoness of Nonnenwerth.

From Legends of the Rhine by Ruland, Wilhelm

"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

"A cup of coffee?" the old canoness asked the newcomer.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

She was made a canoness of the aristocratic order of St. Theresa, of which the Queen was the head.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.