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Quadragene :: Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance..

Classicalist :: Classicalist (n.) One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.

Canon :: Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.

Canonicalness :: Canonicalness (n.) The quality of being canonical; canonicity.

Infinite :: Infinite (a.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated..

Matin :: Matin (n.) Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.

Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of the blessed and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized..

Canonry :: Canonry (n. pl.) A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

Sext :: Sext (n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary..

Canon Bit :: Canon bit () That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

Tierce :: Tierce (n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour..

Reservation :: Reservation (n.) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices..

Canonist :: Canonist (n.) A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..

Canonization :: Canonization (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.

Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.

Revelation :: Revelation (n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse..

Talmud :: Talmud (n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

Canonicity :: Canonicity (n.) The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.

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