• A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. Regularcanoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a strict rule oflife.-- Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and boundonly by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remainin the chapter.


    Canoness meaning & definition 1 of Canoness.


  • (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of certain religious orders of women living communally according to an ecclesiastical rule in the same way as nuns.

    Canoness meaning & definition 2 of Canoness.

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