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Obsolete form of acolyte. [(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.]
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a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
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(uncountable) The law of the church, religious law.
adj
(religion) In conformity with canon law.
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The office of a canon; a canonry.
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The degree to which something is canonical.
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The branch of theology that deals with the biblical canon
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Canons considered as a group.
adv
In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
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Alternative letter-case form of Catholic Epistle [(biblical) Any one of the New Testament Epistles of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1 John, Jude, and sometimes 2 and 3 John, which are not addressed to specific individuals or Churches.]
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Abbreviation of church. [(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.]
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An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people
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A community of canons or canonesses.
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A Christian church, other than a cathedral, that has a chapter of canons and a dean or provost.
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A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church.
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(printing, dated) Synonym of canon.
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Alternative spelling of gospeler [A person who preaches from the Gospels]
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A book of offices in the Roman Catholic Church; a gradual.
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(Christianity) A short service of psalms, hymns, collects, etc.
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(Christianity) One who supports the idea of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.
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(obsolete, rare) A blundering preacher.
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Later, a priest retained in chantries etc. to say masses for the dead.
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(obsolete) A priest who celebrates Mass
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(Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
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(UK, religion, slang, obsolete) A preaching Dissenter.
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A communication from a bishop to the clergy or laity containing instructions, directions etc
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(historical, Christianity) A person responsible for distributing small gifts on religious occasions.
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One who is preached to; the recipient of a sermon.
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(Christianity) The alternate responsive petitions, as the versicles and suffrages, between the clergyman and the congregation in liturgical worship.
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A papal official who determines what documents are to be copied and registered, etc.
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One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.
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A person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir and take care of the books.
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The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
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(now rare) A member of a seminar.
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(Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
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Obsolete spelling of Shakespeare [A surname.]
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(Asian English) A partly autonomous temple within the grounds of a larger religious complex.
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Obsolete form of Aesop. [An ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.]
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