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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Regular, Canonesses
• Melchior Cano
• Canonesses Regular of the Lateran
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Webster Dictionary
• Canoness
• Canoes
• Canoeing
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Alonzo Cano
• Canoe
• Canoness
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Cano, Alonzo
• Cano, Alphonso Del
• Cano, Melchior.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Cano, Alonzo
• Cano, Sebastian Del
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Alonso Cano
• Canoness
• Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
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The title first given in the 8th century to a member of a community of women professing the common life yet not fully observing the Rule of Saint Augustine. The term corresponds to that of canon, the origin and rules being common to both. Among the canonesses, differences in the observance of the rule gave rise to a distinction between regular and secular canonesses.