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canon law
noun
- the body of codified ecclesiastical law, especially of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope.
canon law
noun
- the law governing the affairs of a Christian Church, esp the law created or recognized by papal authority in the Roman Catholic Church See Corpus Juris Canonici Codex Juris Canonici
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- canon lawyer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canon law1
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Example Sentences
Ensure that legislation will not affect the canon law of the Church of England or the Church in Wales.
Dr. Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, founded the secret society of the illuminati.
The civil and the canon law, as well as the law of England, all declared that a man should be held liable only for his own acts.
By the canon law obstinate heretics were to be burnt by the secular The 15th century.
The word, in somewhat a similar sense, had its origin in the canon law.
You have surely given him a great enough dose of diplomatics and canon law by this time.
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