canonist
noun
can·on·ist ˈka-nə-nist 
: a specialist in canon law
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But the results, Mr. Chancellor observes, were not as distressful for the rich as a medieval canonist might have hoped. 
Adam Rowe, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 While church trials do make use of police investigations and evidence from secular courts, a counter-study commissioned by an entire bishops' conference could run into jurisdictional problems at a canonical trial, canonists said. Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
Adam Rowe, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 While church trials do make use of police investigations and evidence from secular courts, a counter-study commissioned by an entire bishops' conference could run into jurisdictional problems at a canonical trial, canonists said. Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1542, in the meaning defined above