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Noun

1. 1
   The body of legal rules and regulations derived from canon and civil law, and enforced by a religious institution, governing the internal affairs, doctrine, and discipline of a Christian church. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church wordnet

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canon lawcanon lawcanon lawscanonicalcanonical lawcanons

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laysecularsecular jurisdictionsecular law