Canon law

Synonyms for "canon law" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
ecclesiastical lawcanon law studiescanonical jurisprudencecanonical law

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
canonical normcanonschurch governancechurch jurisprudencechurch law

Related words (9)

Noun(5 words)
church ruleecclesiastical jurisprudencenormative rulereligious ruleroman catholic canon law
common lawequitymartial law
Adjective(1 words)
liturgical law

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries
academic fieldjurisprudencelawlegal disciplinelegal systemnormsrules framework

More specific

5 entries
clerical disciplineliturgical lawliturgical rulemoral normpenal law

Collocations

6 entries
Roman Catholic canon lawcanon law codecanon law doctrinecanon law jurisdictionchurch governanceecclesiastical court

Inflections

1 entries
canon laws

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

7 translations across 5 languages.

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Finnish

1 entries
  • kanoninen oikeus noun (Translations)

French

2 entries
  • droit canon noun (Translations)
  • droit canonique noun (Translations)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • egyházjog noun (Translations)
  • kánonjog noun (Translations)

Polish

1 entries
  • prawo kanoniczne noun (Translations)

Romanian

1 entries
  • drept canonic noun (Translations)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Canon law determines who is declared a saint.

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Ah, well here comes Lucifer with his canon law

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The canon law on this matter conflicts with several other canon laws.

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