Canoness

A Canoness is a senior officer of one of the Orders Militant of the Adepta Sororitas, a shining example of purity and dedication of purpose. This senior officer rank is above the grade of palatine and below the rank of prioress, and can command nearly any formation of sisters, from a small Mission all the way up to an entire Order for a senior canoness known as a canoness superior. There exists a hierarchy of sorts amongst these leaders of the Sisters of Battle, though to outsiders it is highly arcane and ritualistic and based on a system of precedence. Orders of the Adepta Sororitas that were established by “Ecclesiarchy Writ” are ranked higher in the order of precedence than those that were formed by a group splitting off from a preexistent order.