canonry
Clergy members collectively
A canonry is the position or office held by a canon—a member of the clergy attached to a cathedral or collegiate church.
The term can also refer to the residence of a canon, or collectively to the body of canons at a particular church.
He was appointed to a canonry at Westminster Abbey.
Division of a book
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- collegiateRelating to universities
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
- residencePlace one inhabits
close · precinct · foundation · establishment · cloister · deanery · diocese · bishopric
Fixed regular payment
- revenueBusiness income total
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- titheTenth for clergy
- glebeClergyman's endowed land
emolument · provision · livelihood · maintenance · patronage · sustenance · pension · annuity
Organized group of singers
- chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
- vespersEvening devotional service
- matinsLiturgical dawn devotions
- evensongAnglican evening prayer service
liturgy · worship · prayer · mass · service · procession · ceremony · rites
Senior academic administrator
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- AugustinianOf a fourth-century theologian
- choristerMember of a choir
cleric · ecclesiastic · dignitary · priest · ordained · vestments · cassock · surplice
Inherited cultural legacy
- customHabitual group practice
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- monasticOf religious community life
- ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
dissolution · Anglican · Catholic · historic · ancient · convention · practice · legacy
chapter
Division of a book
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- collegiateRelating to universities
- stallEnclosed compartment or delay
residence · close · precinct · foundation · establishment · cloister · deanery · diocese · bishopric · see
stipend
Fixed regular payment
glebe · emolument · provision · livelihood · maintenance · patronage · sustenance · pension · annuity · allowance
choir
Organized group of singers
evensong · liturgy · worship · prayer · mass · service · procession · ceremony · rites · sacrament
dean
Senior academic administrator
- secularNonreligious, worldly
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- AugustinianOf a fourth-century theologian
chorister · cleric · ecclesiastic · dignitary · priest · ordained · vestments · cassock · surplice · tonsure
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
Reformation · dissolution · Anglican · Catholic · historic · ancient · convention · practice · legacy · doctrine
canonryvicarage
Clergy residence
rectory · curacy · pastorate · chaplaincy · abbacy
canonrypapacy
Pope's office and authority
episcopate · bishopric · archbishopric · diaconate · minor orders
- literary canonEstablished important texts
- canonical gospelsAuthorized New Testament quartet
- canon eventPredetermined character-shaping occurrence
- Canon in DBaroque ground bass composition
- canon lawReligious institutional regulations
- Western canonInfluential European literary tradition