Corpus Juris Canonici (Set of six compilations of law in the Roman Catholic Church that provided the chief source of ecclesiastical legislation from the Middle Ages until it was superseded in 1917 by the Codex Juris Canonici)

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• Corpus Juris Canonici — [kə nän′ə sī΄] n. 〚ML, body of canon law〛 the body of laws governing the Roman Catholic Church up to 1918: superseded by the CODEX JURIS CANONICI * * * ▪ canon law English  Corpus of Canon Law        set of six compilations of law in the Roman… …   Universalium

• canon law — canon lawyer. the body of codified ecclesiastical law, esp. of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope. [1300 50; ME] * * * Body of laws established within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy,… …   Universalium