Canonists [noun]

Joannes of Lignano, near Milan, a canonist and natural philosopher, who flourished about 1378.

Cino, the master of Bartolus, and of Joannes Andreae the celebrated canonist, was long famed as a jurist.

His father and grandfather, the latter a celebrated jurist and canonist, had been judges in that city.

This provision Mr. Gladstone vehemently opposed, and quoted from the canonist Van Espero.

Linian; 'the canonist Giovanni di Lignano, once illustrious, now forgotten, though several works of his remain.

His life under these circumstances continued to be simply that of a physician and canonist.

Stephen of Tournai, a canonist of the twelfth century, recognizes the two powers; but he only knows one society, under one king.

In 1874 Father Camillo Tarquini was raised to the cardinalate for his ability as a canonist.