canon law
the body of codified ecclesiastical law, especially of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope.
Origin of canon law
1Other words from canon law
- canon lawyer, noun
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How to use canon law in a sentence
Ensure that legislation will not affect the canon law of the Church of England or the Church in Wales.
A Conservative Path Forward on Same-Sex Marriage | Justin Green | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDr. Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, founded the secret society of the illuminati.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe 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.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellBy 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.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for canon law
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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