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Terms vs Canoness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and canoness

is that terms is while canoness is (dated) a woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

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    canoness

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  • (dated) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.

    • Usage notes

    A regular canoness'' was bound by the vow of poverty, and observed a strict rule of life. A ''secular canoness was allowed to hold private property and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter. (Webster 1913)