Usually means: Lower-ranking member of clergy.
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  1. minor canon: Merriam-Webster
  2. minor canon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. minor canon: Collins English Dictionary
  4. minor canon: Wordnik
  5. minor canon: Wiktionary
  6. minor canon: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Minor canon, minor canon: Dictionary.com
  8. Minor canon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. minor canon: FreeDictionary.org
  10. minor canon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (minor canon)

noun:  (Christianity) A cleric in orders, attached to a cathedral and having the duty of assisting the canons in singing divine service.

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