Definition of Canon law

1. Noun. The body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church.

Exact synonyms: Ecclesiastical Law
Examples of category: Diriment Impediment
Generic synonyms: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Canon law

1. Noun. The law of the church, religious law. ¹

2. Noun. A regulation in church law. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Canon law

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"It was maintained by the rules of the canon law which was accepted as the " jus commune ... Henceforth the canon law stood side by side with the Civil Law. ..."

2. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by Ecole littéraire de Montréal, Charles Gill, William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"As for the canon law itself, the provision for the revision of it was not acted upon in the reign of Henry VIII. Under Edward VI. three several commissions ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In the sixteenth century too, the study of canon law was developed and improved ... canon law was more studied and better understood; writings multiplied, ..."

4. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"CHAPTER V. ROMAN AND canon law. IP-88] IN any case the restoration of order after the anarchy of Contact of Stephen's reign and the accession to the throne ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"The canon law suited the civilization of the Middle Ages. ... The canon law was not so much an independent system of law as a method of selecting what was ..."

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