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Definition: Canon Law |
Canon LawNoun1. The body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Canon Law A collection of ecclesiastical laws which serve as the rule of church government. (See below.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Canon law is the law of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Eastern Orthodox churches. A canon is a rule adopted by a council; these canons formed the foundation of canon law. (From Greek kanon, for rule or measure). In the Anglican church, the official Church of England, the Ecclesiastical Courts that formerly decided many matters such as disputes relating to marriage still have jurisdiction of certain church related matters; their jurisdiction dates back to the middle ages. In contrast to the other courts of England the law used in ecclesiastical matters is a civil law system, not common law.
In the Roman Catholic church, the canons of the councils were supplemented with decrees of the Popes, which were gathered together into collections called decretals.
The Eastern church is generally much less legalistic, and treats many of the canons more as guidelines than as absolute laws, adjusting them to cultural and other local circumstances.
In the 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church began attempting to codify canon law, which two millennia of development had become a complex and difficult system of interpretation and cross referencing. The first code of canon law was published in 1917. A revised code was published in 1983. Canon law within the Catholic Church is a fully developed legal system, with all the familiar trappings of courts (including lawyers); the highest degree of education in canon law is the J.C.D. (Juris Canonis Doctor, Doctor of Canon Law).
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Synonyms: Canon LawSynonyms: Church law, Ecclesiastical law. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Legality | Equity, common law; lex, lex nonscripta; law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium; jus civile; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria. |
Precept | Rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation; form, formula, formulary; technicality; canon law; norm. |
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Crosswords: Canon Law |
| English words defined with "canon law": canonic, canonical, canonist ♦ Decretal, Deuterogamy ♦ Illuminati ♦ Uniat Church, Uniate Church. (references) |
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Civil Liberties | Greece | The Government, by virtue of the Orthodox Church's status as the prevailing religion, recognizes de facto its canon law. (references) |
Greece | In 1999 the Catholic Church unsuccessfully sought government recognition of its canon law (the official "constitution" of the Church). (references) | |
Economic History | The Holy See | The legal system is based on canon, or ecclesiastical, law; if canon law is not applicable, the laws of the city of Rome apply. (references) |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
canon law | 62 |
canon law society of america | 5 |
canon law society | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "canon law"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ligj i kishës (Canon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قانون كنسي (canon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | каноническо право. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | církevní zákon, církevní právo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kirkeret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | canoniek recht,kerkelijk recht, canoniek recht, kerkrecht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kirkkolaki 2)kanoninen oikeus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | droit canon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kanonisches Recht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κανονικό δίκαιο, εκκλησιαστικό δίκαιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חוק "כ סיתי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kánoni törvény, egyházjog (ecclesiastical law). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | fakih (expert in canon law). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | diritto canonico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 教会法 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうかいほう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | leigh ny hagglish. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anoncay awlay direito canónico. (various references) церковное право. (various references) kanonsko pravo. (various references) derecho canónico. (various references) kanonisk rätt, kanonisk lag. (various references) kilise kanunu (Canon, canonical books, ecclesiastical law), fıkıh, ahkâm-ı diniye. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | instituta apostolica. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-n-n-o-w" | |
-1 letter: anconal. | |
-2 letters: canola. | |
-3 letters: ancon, annal, canal, canna, canon, clown, coala. | |
-4 letters: alan, alow, anal, anna, anoa, anon, awol, calo, clan, claw, clon, coal, cola, conn, cowl, lawn, loan, loca, lown, naan, nana, nona. | |
-5 letters: aal, ala, ana, awa, awl, awn, can, caw, col, con, cow, lac, law, low, nan, naw, now, oca, owl, own. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-n-n-o-w" | |
+3 letters: allowancing. | |
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