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canonicus

canonicus · adj

according to rule

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Where it lives

De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

cănŏnĭcus — Lewis & Short

cănŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., = kanoniko/s,

I according to rule or measure.

I In music: ratio, the theory of harmony, Vitr. 1, 1; 5, 3; cf. Gell. 16, 18, 5.—

II In astronomy: defectiones solis, as following at regular intervals, Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 15.—Subst.: cănŏ-nĭci, ōrum, m., theorists, Plin. 2, 17, 14, § 73; and cănŏnĭca, ōrum, n., = canonica ratio, theory: luminum, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 12.—

III Of or pertaining to an annual tribute: pensitationes, Cod. Just. 12, 62, 2: equi, ib. 11, 17, 3: vestes, ib. 11, 9, 1.—

IV Eccl. Lat., of or belonging to the canon, canonical: libri, Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 36; id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 8.—

V In later eccl. Lat. subst.: cănŏnĭ-cus, i, m., one of the rule or discipline, i. e. clericus, a clergyman, as distinguished from laicus, one of the people, and monachus, a recluse, Antioch. Can. 2, 6, 11; hence the mod. canon or prebendary.—Adv.: că-nŏnĭcē, according to Church discipline, regularly, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 14.

In the wild

canonica Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.2.p12
canonicam Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.3.8
canonicam Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.1.8
canonica Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.5.p1

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