Definition of Canonry. Meaning of Canonry. Synonyms of Canonry

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Definition of Canonry

Canonry
Canonry Can"on*ry, n. pl. Canonries. A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Meaning of Canonry from wikipedia

- David's Cathedral, Wales. However, this is based on a misconception. The canonry of St Mary's College, St David's became the property of the Crown on the...
- a city), and a canonry is a community of canons regular. The terms abbey and priory can be applied to both monasteries and canonries; an abbey is headed...
- from an Italian university.: 804  Instead, Peter left for the Augustinian canonry in Stein, which left Erasmus feeling betra****. Around this time he wrote...
- regular and canonesses regular also use this term, the alternative being "canonry". In pre-Reformation England, if an abbey church was raised to cathedral...
- Palace", a dean's residence is known as a deanery, and a canon lives in a canonry or "canon's house". Other clerical titles have different names for their...
- years, Conti was a friend of the humanist Petrarch, to whom he gave a canonry in Padua. Two of Petrarch's letters to him survive, as does Petrarch's...
- appointed the priests serving in the city's parishes. Cathedral, chapter and canonry were maintained by numerous prebends comprising urban real estate and feudal...
- of the Tower, a canon and member of the Ecclesiastical Household. The canonry was abolished in 1685 but reinstated in 2012. At St Peter's west end is...
- Connor Magee (of Peterborough); and in the following year he accepted a canonry at Peterborough, which forced him to leave Harrow. For a time he was enthusiastic...
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (choir fresco) Indersdorf—Augustinian Canonry (frescoes depicting life of St. Augustine) (1755) Mittenwald—Parish Church...