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Etymology

From canon +‎ -essCategory:English terms suffixed with -ess (female)#CANONESS. Compare Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#CANONESS canonissaCategory:English undefined derivations#CANONESS.

Noun

canoness (plural canonesses)Category:English lemmas#CANONESS Category:English nouns#CANONESS Category:English countable nouns#CANONESS Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CANONESS Category:Pages with entries#CANONESS Category:Pages with 1 entry#CANONESS

A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

Usage notes

A regular canoness was bound by the vow of poverty, and observed a strict rule of life. A secular canoness was allowed to hold private property and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.

Translations

woman who holds a canonry

References

“canoness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

noncases, sonances