Canon law Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
ecclesiastical law.
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- the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. Wharton.
