Corpus Juris Canonici

British  

/ kəˈnɒnɪˌsaɪ /

noun

1. RC Church the official compilation of canon law published by authority of Gregory XIII in 1582, superseded by the Codex Juris Canonici in 1918 See also Clementines Decretals Decretum Extravagantes Sext Codex Juris Canonici

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Etymology

Origin of Corpus Juris Canonici

Medieval Latin, literally: body of canon law

Example Sentences

You will find the same in a work called Corpus Juris Canonici, page 47, to be had in the Philadelphia Library.

From Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries by Hogan, William

Richter and Friedberg, "Corpus Juris Canonici," Leipzig, 1879, vol. ii. p.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

The Corpus Juris Canonici as it was known in the middle ages has not been translated.

From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo

Richter and Friedberg, "Corpus Juris Canonici," vol. ii. p.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

The quotations are made apparently direct from the Vulgate, in only a few cases there being a qualification of the idea by the interpretation of the Corpus Juris Canonici.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander