[f. CANON2 + -SHIP.] = CANONRY.

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1534.  Hen. VIII., Liber Regis, p. viii. Every suche dignitie, prebend, vycarship, pety canonship.

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1640.  Bp. Hall, Chr. Moder., 31/2. The time was, when … none should be promoted … to canonships in cathedrals, but those which could read, sing, and competently construe.

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1714.  Act 13 Anne, vi. § 8, in Oxf. & Camb. Enactm., 56. Canonship or Prebend in the Cathedral Church.

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1762.  trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., II. 602. Lautenbach … containing an important canonship.

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