canonist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a specialist in canon law
  2. adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"

WordNet


Can"on*ist noun
Etymology
Cf. F. canoniste.
Definitions
  1. A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. South.

Webster 1913