canonist

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a specialist in canon law
adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g.

From canon + -ist.

Ivo, canonist and bishop of Chartres, 84, note, 85, note, 96, note, 151-153, 168, 208. — Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, Charles W. (Charles Wendell) David
[1027] We need only recall the doctrine of usury and the legislation on the question—all of it the outcome of Canonist teaching. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
I am a vile canonist, replied Yorick—but of all evils, holding suspence to be the most tormenting, we shall at least know the worst of this matter. — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne

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