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Canonical

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Pertaining to or in conformity to, the canons of the church.

Canonical obedience. That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose diocese he is beneficed, and also to the metropolitan of such bishop. Wharton.