canons regular

[kan-uhnz reg-yuh-ler]

plural noun

1. Roman Catholic Church,  canon22

Word History and Origins

Origin of canons regular¹

Middle English term dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

St. Michael’s Abbey describes itself as a community of Canons Regular of Prémontré, under the guardianship of St. Michael the Archangel, with more than 60 years of daily prayer, teaching and service.

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A string duo played for the crowd, which included not just knights but lawyers, real estate agents, former debutantes, restaurateurs and a pair of robed priests from the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine, who had come in from Long Island.

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Among the more interesting churches may be mentioned those of Abbots Langley and Hemel Hempstead, both of Late Norman architecture; Baldock, a handsome mixed Gothic building supposed to have been erected by the Knights Templars in the reign of Stephen; Royston, formerly connected with the priory of canons regular; Hitchin of the 15th century; Hatfield, dating from the 13th century but in the main later; Berkhampstead, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, with a tower of the 16th century.

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At the age of eight he entered along with his widowed father the neighbouring priory of canons regular at Villard-Beno�t, where he was ordained deacon at nineteen.

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After spending some time in a house of canons regular at Hamersleben, in Saxony, where he completed his studies, he removed to the abbey of St Victor at Marseilles, and thence to the abbey of St Victor in Paris.

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