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can⋅on⋅ist

   [kan-uh-nist]
–noun
a person who is a specialist in canon law.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME. See canon 1 , -ist
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can·on·ist     (kān'ə-nĭst)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A person specializing in canon law.

can'on·is'tic, can'on·is'ti·cal adj.
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canonist

adjective
1. pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism" 

noun
1. a specialist in canon law 

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Canonist

Can"on*ist\, n. [Cf. F. canoniste.] A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. --South.

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