canonry
noun
the office or benefice of a canon.
canonries
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pluralof canonry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Besides direct taxation, wealth raised from the appropriation of rich canonries was drained away from church and state into the Papal treasury.
From Old St. Paul's Cathedral by William Benham
Gerald soon obtained preferment: he held three livings in Pembroke, one in Oxfordshire, and canonries at Hereford and St. David’s.
From Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by A. G. (Andrew George) Little
For example, they have got five out of ten parochial recommendations; but, out of sixteen appointments to deaneries and canonries, they have received four, and those, with the exception of Mr. Furse, the worst.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
On his recovery, Geert de Groote resigned his canonries, gave his goods to the Carthusians and spent seven years in solitude.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
He said, 'I have in my gift three canonries, two archdeaconries, and sixty livings, and if any of these fell vacant to-morrow, I should be at my wit's end whom to appoint.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
