…a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged…
…a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral, especially one who is a member of the chapter…
…(in the Roman Catholic Church) the part of the Mass containing the words of consecration…
…with different parts successively beginning the same melody…
…ecclesiastical law, especially (in the Roman Catholic Church) that laid down by papal pronouncements…
…a member of the Christian clergy who assists in the daily services of a cathedral but is not a member of the chapter…
…a canon in which the theme or subject is repeated backwards in the second part…
…(in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of certain orders of clergy that live communally according to an ecclesiastical rule in the same way as monks…
…(in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of certain orders of clergy that live communally according to an ecclesiastical rule in the same way as monks…
