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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An expert in canon law; canon lawyer.
2. 2
   a specialist in canon law wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. ‘canonist communism’ wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

divinefundamentalistorthodoxscholasticschoolman

Etymology

From canon + -ist.

Related phrases

canon lawcanon lawyer

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