Sophia took the vows to become a canoness in 989. The book was given to Canoness Antoinette, Baroness von Enzberg. Hrotsvit, also known as Hrotswitha, was a tenth-century Saxon canoness. She was nominated as Canoness in 1733. The religious habit of the canoness is a white tunic girdled by a leather cincture. After Ufford's death, Maud became a canoness at an Augustinian nunnery, Campsey Priory, in Suffolk. In fact, she had been nominally a canoness of Thorn since 1720. Isabel later became Noble canoness of Saint Waltrude Collegiate Church, Mons, c. 1366. Remaining in Neustrelitz, in her later life Christiane became a canoness of Herford Abbey. Other administrative roles within the Institution included a deaconess, a sub-deaconess, and two canoness assistants. Marie-Elisabeth was a canoness of the , where she had been elected abbess in 1695. Maud de Ufford, a daughter of Earl Robert, was also a canoness at the priory. A canoness is a member of a religious community of women living a simple life. A canoness has been honored by the Catholic Church for the holiness of her life. Canoness Hroswitha, in her manuscript "Maria," uses the word "Dominatrix" for the main character.