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canonries

canonries is the plural of canonry.

Meaning of canonry

Noun

canonry (countable and uncountable, plural canonries)

  1. The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
    Synonyms:
    canonicate
  2. Canons considered as a group.
  3. (countable) A house where canons live.

Questions about canonries

What is canonries the plural of?
Canonries is the plural of canonry.

Words near canonries in the dictionary

  1. canonizest
  2. canonizeth
  3. canonizing
  4. canonlike
  5. Canonor
  6. canonries
  7. canonry
  8. canons
  9. canons by contrary motion
  10. Canons Park
  11. canonship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canonries (page history and authors); canonry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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