Canonist
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noun.
A person specializing in canon law.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One skilled in ecclesiastical or canon law.
noun.
One who lays down canons or laws for guidance in the systematic or scientific treatment of a subject.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
An
expert
in
canon law
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g.
noun.
a specialist in canon law
Word Usage
"It seems as if you mean that the canonist is looking for an indicator (even if not a definitive one) of the thing the theologian is concerned with."
Hypernym
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specialist
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