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