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canonist

American  
[kan-uh-nist] / ˈkæn ə nɪst /

noun

  1. a person who is a specialist in canon law.


canonist British  
/ ˈkænənɪst /

noun

  1. a specialist in canon law

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of canonist

1350–1400; Middle English. See canon 1, -ist


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The changes to the Code of Canon Law took 11 years to develop and included input from canonist and criminal law experts.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2021

Astigueta, a Jesuit canonist at the Gregorian, has said such institutional secrecy surrounding abuse case harms the development and practice of the church’s own law.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2019

One American canonist in Rome notes that the law does not work anyway, since it frequently proves no deterrent to civil divorce.

From Time Magazine Archive

The book appears to owe a considerable debt to a scholarly but not widely circulated 1967 work, Divorce and Remarriage, by a U.S. canonist, Monsignor Victor J. Pospishil.

From Time Magazine Archive

If we indicate what this precept was, we can claim to have indicated what was the true centre of the canonist doctrine.

From An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching by George O'Brien

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