canonesa
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From canónigo (“canon”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]canonesa f (plural canonesas)
- (historical) a very pious woman, but not a nun
Further reading
[edit]- “canonesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014