Canon
Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.
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Synonyms for Canon
Rector and canon are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Rector" with "Canon", this nouns are similar.
Rector
Rector noun - A person authorized to conduct religious worship.
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Synonyms for Rector
Canon and rector are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Canon" with "Rector", this nouns are similar.
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Both words in one sentence
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There's the Rector and Canon Potecary, the Duke and everyone (not excluding the front benches of all parties), Edmond and Sher, the Nawab, his Begum, his brother-in-law, and the Duke.... Food Porn: As long as there's also drink, yes.
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In the Middle Ages, the word 'rector' meant the person that had the right to collect the income of the parish (known as the 'living'), but this could be a bishop, a canon, an abbey, or a pluralist rector with multiple livings.
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And the Duke over the opposition of the Bishop; Canon Judith Potecary; and His Grace's old school-fellow (prepper, Eton, and Oxford), the Archdeacon gets the rector he wants, though not without open ecclesiastical warfare.The new Rector is handsome young widower the Rev.
Source: Literature / Cross And Poppy
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