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Interstice :: Interstice (n.) An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders..

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

Preface :: Preface (n.) The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

Apocryphal :: Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

Canon :: Canon (n.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

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

Deuterogamy :: Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy..

Canon Bone :: Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse..

Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

Saint :: Saint (v. t.) To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one)..

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

Saint :: Saint (n.) One canonized by the church.

Canonize :: Canonize (v. t.) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Canonship :: Canonship (a.) Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming..

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.

School :: School (n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school..

Nones :: Nones (n. pl.) The canonical office, being a part of the Breviary, recited at noon (formerly at the ninth hour, 3 P. M.) in the Roman Catholic Church..

Canonically :: Canonically (adv.) In a canonical manner; according to the canons.

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

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