canoness

== English == === Etymology === From canon +‎ -ess. Compare Latin canonissa. === Noun === canoness (plural canonesses) 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 ==== === References === “canoness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === noncases, sonances