Definition of "canonry" [can•on•ry]

• The office or dignity of a canon. (noun)
• Canons considered as a group. (noun)

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• "He was known to be a member of the Warmia canonry."
• "In 1558 he was granted a canonry in the collegiate church of Tournai and at the time of his death he held numerous prebends."
• "From 1527 to 1548 he held a canonry at Ljubljana Cathedral, from 28 December 1529 another at Zagreb Cathedral, and from 18 July 1531 the living of Laas near Kocevje, Slovenia."