canon lawyer
noun
: canonist
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Condon, nephew of Catholic University President John Garvey, grew up in New Jersey and England, and worked in British politics for years before serving as a canon lawyer in U.S. dioceses. 
Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021 Connell, also a canon lawyer who is now retired from his position with the archdiocese, said AP's findings convinced him that Catholic entities did not need government aid — especially when thousands of small businesses were permanently closing. Reese Dunklin And Michael Rezendes, Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021 Charles Reid, a canon lawyer and law professor at the University of St. Thomas, has been tracking the La Crosse case. Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020 Both Opus Bono and Men of Melchizedek now list the same canon lawyer, the Rev. David L. Deibel, as their chairman. Martha Mendoza, Washington Post, 29 July 2019 The evidence brought before the board is key to the outcome of a case, said Jennifer Haselberger, a canon lawyer and former top official for three dioceses in the Midwest. Mitch Weiss, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019 Capella is a canon lawyer, and is listed online as having written a 2003 paper for the Pontifical Lateran University on priestly celibacy and the church's criminal code. Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 23 June 2018 The Diocese of Baker needed a canon lawyer in the late 1990s. Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 4 June 2018 But some of the passages seemed intended as a rebuke to the canon lawyers and archconservative cardinals leading the opposition to Pope Francis. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018 See More
Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021 Connell, also a canon lawyer who is now retired from his position with the archdiocese, said AP's findings convinced him that Catholic entities did not need government aid — especially when thousands of small businesses were permanently closing. Reese Dunklin And Michael Rezendes, Star Tribune, 4 Feb. 2021 Charles Reid, a canon lawyer and law professor at the University of St. Thomas, has been tracking the La Crosse case. Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020 Both Opus Bono and Men of Melchizedek now list the same canon lawyer, the Rev. David L. Deibel, as their chairman. Martha Mendoza, Washington Post, 29 July 2019 The evidence brought before the board is key to the outcome of a case, said Jennifer Haselberger, a canon lawyer and former top official for three dioceses in the Midwest. Mitch Weiss, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019 Capella is a canon lawyer, and is listed online as having written a 2003 paper for the Pontifical Lateran University on priestly celibacy and the church's criminal code. Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 23 June 2018 The Diocese of Baker needed a canon lawyer in the late 1990s. Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 4 June 2018 But some of the passages seemed intended as a rebuke to the canon lawyers and archconservative cardinals leading the opposition to Pope Francis. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1616, in the meaning defined above
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