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honorary canon

American  

noun

  1. a priest attached to a cathedral but not entitled to receive a stipend or to vote in the chapter.


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She had also been unaware that under Stephen Cottrell, Tudor was twice reappointed to a senior role and had also been made honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025

That suspension started in 2019 when a new police investigation was opened into Tudor, who was by then an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral and an area dean.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025

In 2015, under Mr Cottrell, Tudor was also made honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

"You are absolutely uplifting somebody's ministry as an example and a model of good and best practice, and you're celebrating that actually by making them an honorary canon."

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

He was succeeded by the Rev. Augustus Macdonald Hopper, honorary canon and rural dean, and proctor for the Archdeaconries of Norfolk and Norwich, who was collated on April 26th.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles