Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person specializing in canon law.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One skilled in ecclesiastical or canon law.
  • noun One who lays down canons or laws for guidance in the systematic or scientific treatment of a subject.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law An expert in canon law

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g.
  • noun a specialist in canon law

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word canonist.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.