Usually means: Nun in certain Christian orders.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. canoness: Merriam-Webster
  2. canoness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. canoness: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. canoness: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Canoness, canoness: Wordnik
  6. canoness: Wiktionary
  7. canoness: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. canoness: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. canoness: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Canoness, canoness: Dictionary.com
  11. Canoness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Canoness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. canoness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Canoness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. canoness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. canoness: FreeDictionary.org
  17. canoness: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. canoness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Canoness: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (canoness)

▸ noun:  A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

Similar:
conventual, fratress, deaconess, deaness, convent, abbess, conventualist, consecrated virgin, mother superior, domina, more...

Opposite:
canon, clergyman, priest, deacon

Types:
abbess, prioress, nun, more...

Phrases:
secular canoness, regular canoness, more...

Adjectives:
young, german, noble, good, old, such, augustinian, minor, little, aged, former

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Similar:
conventual, fratress, deaconess, deaness, convent, abbess, conventualist, consecrated virgin, mother superior, domina, more...

Opposite:
canon, clergyman, priest, deacon

Types:
abbess, prioress, nun, more...

Phrases:
secular canoness, regular canoness, more...

Adjectives:
young, german, noble, good, old, such, augustinian, minor, little, aged, former



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