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English → English (gcide) Definition: Secular canoness Canoness \Can"on*ess\, n. [Cf. LL. canonissa.] A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]