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Meaning of CANONIST

Pronunciation:  'kanunist

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a specialist in canon law
  2. [adj]  pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"
 
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 See Also: specialiser, specialist, specializer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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