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Definition of Canonries
1. canonry [n] - See also: canonry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canonries
Literary usage of Canonries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"The doctoral and magistral canonries alluded to by Philip afforded a special
grievance. These were stalls in each chapter to be occupied respectively by a ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, and in Jan., 1335,canon and prebendary of
Lichfield, " notwithstanding that he has canonries and prebends of Credi- ton ..."
3. Annals of Cambridge by Charles Henry Cooper, John William Cooper (1908)
"On the 17th of May, the Senate voted Petitions to both Houses of Parliament,
praying that the two canonries in the Cathedral Church of Ely, proposed by 3 ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1846)
"The King bestowed on him, by way of reward, two canonries and three Priories; a
striking proof of the unworthy manner in which, even at so early a period, ..."
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