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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
2. 2
   Canons considered as a group.
3. 3
   a house where canons live

Synonyms

All synonyms

archbishopricbishopriccanonicatecuracydeaneryepiscopacy

Etymology

From canon + -ry.

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