canonicity

[ kan-uh-nis-i-tee ]

noun

the quality of being canonical.

Origin of canonicity

1790–1800; <Latin canōnic(us) according to rule (see canon²) + -ity

Words Nearby canonicity

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How to use canonicity in a sentence

He was well aware of the doubt which had prevailed as to the canonicity 53 of the splendid Epistle to the Hebrews.
Christianity and Problems of To-day: Lectures Delivered Before Lake Forest College on the Foundation of the Late William Bross | John Huston Finley
To say that the Chaldee chapters "defile the hands" is the Rabbinic way of declaring their canonicity.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel | F. W. Farrar
They had accepted the Syllabus; but they wished to obtain canonicity for their own interpretation of it.
The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Upon the testimony of Tertullian we very largely depend for our proof of the canonicity of the books of the New Testament.
The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 1 | G. T. Stokes
There are many others of more or less acceptance and canonicity.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for canonicity

canonicity

/ (ˌkænəˈnɪsɪtɪ) /

noun

the fact or quality of being canonical

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