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Synonyms for canonry
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kan-uh n-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn ən ri |
Top 10 synonyms for canonry
Définition of canonry
- As in priesthood : noun clergy
- As in clergy : noun ministry of church
- His living was in Cornwall, but he added to it a canonry at Bristol.
- Extract from : « Old Picture Books » by Alfred W. Pollard
- In 1770 he was promoted from a canonry at Christchurch, to the deanery of Canterbury.
- Extract from : « Chelsea » by George Bryan
- He was 67 years of age, and was appointed to his canonry in 1867.
- Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie
- Accordingly, he retired to Florence, where he held a canonry in the cathedral.
- Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
- They had discussed the priest's canonry, and the order for the crucifix.
- Extract from : « Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster » by F. Marion Crawford
- There was an uncle who was Bishop of Grenoble, and a canonry could easily be got for him.
- Extract from : « The Wits and Beaux of Society » by Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
- As the head of the canonry of Reichersberg he became an active and rigorous reformer.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Mediaeval Church » by Alexander Clarence Flick
- Mrs. Gladstone was at the Canonry and made herself very pleasant to everybody.
- Extract from : « Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 » by Augustus J. C. Hare
- He was condemned to be publicly whipped, and degraded for two years from the honors and emoluments of his canonry.
- Extract from : « Life of Thomas Becket » by Henry Hart Milman
- About the year 1530 he was relieved from his servitude by obtaining a canonry in the cathedral of Florence.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 » by Various
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