"Diriment Impediments" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Begotten in an adulter-ous intercourse. In t^e. Roman, and canon law, adulterine bastards )vere distinguished from such as were the …

Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. …

One who is elected, or claims to be, pope in opposition to the pope canonically chosen; esp. applied to those …

Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

Lat. He attempts. In the civil and canon law. Anything wrongfully innovated or attempted ln a suit by an in-ferior …

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process …

To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of \"the blessed\" and …

In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held in the cathedral of each diocese, tlie judge whereof is the bishop’s chancellor, …

A book containing the daily public or canonical prayers of the Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the …

A kind of type. See Canon.

See Canon Bone.

Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons …

A law or rule.

A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. …

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.

A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; …

A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious …