canonist

How to use canonist in a sentence

• Joannes of Lignano, near Milan, a canonist and natural philosopher, who flourished about 1378.

  Chaucer for Children | Mrs. H. R. Haweis

• Cino, the master of Bartolus, and of Joannes Andreae the celebrated canonist, was long famed as a jurist.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 | Various

• His father and grandfather, the latter a celebrated jurist and canonist, had been judges in that city.

  Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 | Various

• This provision Mr. Gladstone vehemently opposed, and quoted from the canonist Van Espero.

  The Real Gladstone | J. Ewing Ritchie

• Linian; 'the canonist Giovanni di Lignano, once illustrious, now forgotten, though several works of his remain.

  Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer