Canoness /(?)/
Can·on·ess
Canoness
n.
- A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
Phrases & Compounds
- Regular canoness
- one bound by the vow of poverty, and observing a strict rule of life.
- Secular canoness
- one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.