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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..

Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal..

Preponderancy :: Preponderancy (n.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

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)..

Rehabilitate :: Rehabilitate (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law..

Antipope :: Antipope (n.) One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those popes who resided at Avignon during the Great Schism..

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

Rescript :: Rescript (v. t.) The official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals..

Canonicate :: Canonicate (n.) The office of a canon; a canonry.

Chronicle :: Chronicle (n.) The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

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

Canon :: Canon (n.) A law or rule.

Canon :: Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority..

Canon :: Canon (n.) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order..

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

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

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.

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..

Provision :: Provision (n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation..

Ecclesiastes :: Ecclesiastes (a.) One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

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