canonry
Americannoun
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canonries
plural
noun
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the office, benefice, or status of a canon
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canons collectively
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Origin of canonry
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After offering some Soviet advance brass a dinner at his canonry, complete with vintage port, he benumbs them with a conducted tour of his cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a Trollopian situation, as scientific panjandrums play politics with the skill and gusto of the Barchester Cathedral chapter contending over a vacant canonry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having completed his studies in Rostock, and with his future secured by the promise of a canonry, in the middle of 1568 Tycho set off on his travels again.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
On 14 May 1568, Tycho received a formal promise from the King, still Frederick II, that he could have the next canonry to become vacant at the Cathedral of Roskilde, in Seeland.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Even the long-promised canonry finally fell into his lap in 1579.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
In Hungary, the crown appoints absolutely to all bishoprics, abbacies, and even to canonries.
From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig
At the same time it was enacted that a canon must have been six years in priest’s orders, except in the case of canonries annexed to any professorship, headship or other office in any university.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Another part of the bill provided for the suppression of such canonries or prebends as might fairly be considered superfluous.
From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Charles Duke Yonge
My intention is that you do not, for these dioceses, propose to me any exemption of service for conscripts, no nominations for scholarships, for curacies, or for canonries.
From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by John Durand
In July 1482 he was granted the revenues from the prebendals and canonries of Valencia; in the following month he was appointed Canon of Valencia and apostolic notary.
From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Rafael Sabatini
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