canons regular

[ kan-uhnz reg-yuh-ler ]

/ ˈkæn ənz ˈrɛg yə lər /

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plural noun

Roman Catholic Church See under canon² (def. 2).

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Origin of canons regular

Middle English term dating back to 1350–1400

But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.
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His hero, Bruce Springsteen, is a gazillionaire, but he still manages to come across as a regular guy, so perception is reality.
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Yet the email references the 1970s, “when police officers were ambushed and executed on a regular basis.”
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Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
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When she arrived she made a regular entry into the city in a coach all gold and glass, drawn by eight superb plumed horses.
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If you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.
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He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
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A child may acquire while quite young and before any methodical education commences a certain feeling for regular form.
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He was dressed like a waiter, and he looked like one—a regular City waiter, you know.
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