minor canon

American  

noun

1. a canon attached to a cathedral or collegiate church, though not necessarily a member of the chapter.

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minor canon British  

noun

1. Church of England a clergyman who is attached to a cathedral to assist at daily services but who is not a member of the chapter

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Etymology

Origin of minor canon

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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minor canon

The two well-built young men, one a minor canon, the other a curate, lounging in their flannels, clever-faced, honest-eyed, could have been bred nowhere but in English public schools and at Oxford or Cambridge.

From The Rough Road by Locke, William John

It would not interfere in the least with the duties or preferment of his minor canonry: a minor canon had once before held it.

From The Channings by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

The prebendary in residence walks from his seat, preceded by beadles, and followed by a vicar or minor canon, and proceeds to the altar; the choir, during this sort of processional march, chanting the Sanctus.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby

She lives in the neighbourhood of Cadogan Square, and has five daughters, of whom two are married, to a well-known surgeon and a minor canon respectively.

From War-time Silhouettes by Hudson, Stephen

We read in the chapter records of a minor canon being appointed to read the prayers at 6 o'clock, and once at least the hour is named as 5 o'clock, in the morning.

From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)