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canonicals
/ kəˈnɒnɪkəlz /
plural noun
- the vestments worn by clergy when officiating
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Before I could determine what to do, a clergyman made his appearance in full canonicals from the vestry door, followed by a clerk.
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I trembled for the excellent man in full canonicals—I even trembled for the clerk.
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He was fond of lords and great ladies, and levees, and canonicals, and of having the verger to walk before him.
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Frequently the clergyman would be standing upon an old cask, arrayed in full canonicals, as a divine of the Church of England.
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The clergyman entered in his canonicals, and we walked in a little procession into another room, where the coffin was placed.
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