Usually means: Expert in ecclesiastical law interpretation.
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  1. canonist: Merriam-Webster
  2. canonist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. canonist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. canonist: Collins English Dictionary
  5. canonist: Vocabulary.com
  6. canonist: Wordnik
  7. canonist: Wiktionary
  8. canonist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. canonist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. canonist: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Canonist, canonist: Dictionary.com
  12. Canonist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Canonist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. canonist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. canonist: Rhymezone
  16. Canonist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. canonist: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. canonist: FreeDictionary.org
  19. canonist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. canonist: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Canonist: Legal dictionary

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  1. canonist: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (canonist)

▸ noun:  (law) An expert in canon law; canon lawyer

Similar:
jurisconsult, constitutionalist, common lawyer, jurist, lawyer, criminal lawyer, legist, lawman, proceduralist, jurisprudent, more...

Opposite:
antinomian, heretic, nonconformist

Adjectives:
great, learned, famous, eminent, celebrated, italian, distinguished, spanish, english, century, noted

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Similar:
jurisconsult, constitutionalist, common lawyer, jurist, lawyer, criminal lawyer, legist, lawman, proceduralist, jurisprudent, more...

Opposite:
antinomian, heretic, nonconformist

Adjectives:
great, learned, famous, eminent, celebrated, italian, distinguished, spanish, english, century, noted



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