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Canoness
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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.
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Entry for 'Canoness'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/canoness.html. 1910.