2. Noun. (plural of cañon) ¹
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Definition of Canons
1. canon [n] - See also: canon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canons
Literary usage of Canons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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)
"In Bohemia there are still some houses of Croisier canons, as they are called,
who, however, seem to be different from the well- ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"At first all the canons resided ; then they attended in courses; at length they
volunteered residence. Thus there grew up three classes of canons—(l) ..."
3. Journal of Theological Studies (1902)
"Of the two canons alleged by Zosimus, the one ordained that any priest or deacon
condemned by his own bishop should have a right of appeal to the ..."
4. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1905)
"'There is only an apparent contradiction,' says Thomassin, ' between saying that
the Pope is above the canons, and that he is bound by them; ..."
5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"On the other hand, it is quite possible that the nuns had left and that the lands
of the nunnery had been transferred to some ' secular canons,' and that ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"The Council in Trullo (692) sanctioned the Constitutions as law for the Greek
Church, but rejected the canons. The Latin Church adopted neither, ..."
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