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A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

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  1. n. A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
  2. adj. pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. ‘canonist communism
  3. n. a specialist in canon law
  4. A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. South.
  5. A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge andpractice of ecclesiastical law. South.
  6. n:100 n. a specialist in canon law a. pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"