Canonist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canonist \Can"on*ist\, n. [Cf. F. canoniste.]
     A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and
     practice of ecclesiastical law. --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  canonist
       adj : pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and
             principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist
             communism"
       n : a specialist in canon law

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CANONIST. One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law.