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canonry
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can·on·ry  (knn-r)
n. pl. can·on·ries
1. The office or dignity of a canon.
2. Canons considered as a group.

canonry [ˈkænənrɪ]
n pl -ries
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the office, benefice, or status of a canon
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) canons collectively
[from canon2 + -ry]
Translations
canonry [ˈkænənrɪ] Ncanonjía f


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77) Through this and other canonries that Cosimo Pater Patriae established at the Duomo, his name and that of his family were certainly a recurring--although certainly not exclusive--presence in the ephemeral prayers of the clerics who staffed the Cathedral.
The main seminary of Novara, the smaller institution of Borgomanero, and after 1624 the Scuole Cannobiane were the places where more mature seminarians finished with the study of cases of conscience before presenting themselve s for ordination and appointment to parishes, chaplaincies, and canonries.
 
 
 
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