[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canonist \can"onist\, n. cf. f. canoniste.
   a professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and
   practice of ecclesiastical law. --south.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

canonist
     adj : pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and
           principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist
           communism"
     n : a specialist in canon law

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

canonist. one well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law. 

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