Part 1599

<hw>Ca*non"ic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being canonical; canonicity.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Canonicals</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*non"ic*als</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when oficiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.</def>

<cs><col>Full canonicals</col>, <cd>the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic.</cd></cs>

<h1>Canonicate</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*non"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>canonucatus</ets> canonical: cf. F. <ets>canonicat</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office of a canon; a canonry.</def>

<h1>Canonicity</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can`on*ic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>canonicit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.</def>

<h1>Canonist</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"on*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>canoniste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Canonistic</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can`on*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a canonist.</def> "This <i>canonistic</i> exposition."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Canonization</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can`on*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>canonisation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.</def>

<blockquote><b>Canonization</b> of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. <i>Hoock.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being canonized or sainted.</def>

<h1>Canonize</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"on*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Canonized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Canonizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>canoniser</ets> or LL. <ets>canonizare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>canon</ets>.. See <er>Canon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; <as>as, Thomas a Becket was <ex>canonized</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.</def>

<blockquote>Fame in time to come <b>canonize</b> us. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.</def><mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Canonry</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"on*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <er>Canonries</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <def>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.</def>

<h1>Canonship</h1> <Xpage=211>