canonist
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- canonistic adjective
- canonistical adjective
Etymology
Origin of canonist
Example Sentences
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The changes to the Code of Canon Law took 11 years to develop and included input from canonist and criminal law experts.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2021
Astigueta, a Jesuit canonist at the Gregorian, has said such institutional secrecy surrounding abuse case harms the development and practice of the church’s own law.
From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2019
The book appears to owe a considerable debt to a scholarly but not widely circulated 1967 work, Divorce and Remarriage, by a U.S. canonist, Monsignor Victor J. Pospishil.
From Time Magazine Archive
One American canonist in Rome notes that the law does not work anyway, since it frequently proves no deterrent to civil divorce.
From Time Magazine Archive
And relying on the authority of St. Jerome, the rigorous canonist goes so far as to declare that schism is even a greater crime than heresy.
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)
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