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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

can′on law′(n.)

  1. the body of codified ecclesiastical law governing a church.

    Category: Religion

Origin of canon law:

1300–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. canon law, ecclesiastical law(noun)

    the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church

Wiktionary

  1. canon law(Noun)

    The law of the church, religious law.

  2. canon law(Noun)

    A regulation in church law.

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