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PRONUNCIATION OF MINOR CANON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINOR CANON

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Minor canon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MINOR CANON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

minor canon

Minor canon

A Minor Canon is a member of staff on the establishment of a cathedral or a collegiate church. Minor Canons are clergy and take part in the daily services but are not part of the formal Chapter They are generally more junior clergy, often chosen for their singing ability, who in a parish church would be serving a curacy.

Definition of minor canon in the English dictionary

The definition of minor canon in the dictionary is a clergyman who is attached to a cathedral to assist at daily services but who is not a member of the chapter.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINOR CANON

minor
minor arcana
minor axis
minor key
minor league
minor mode
minor orders
minor planet
minor premise
Minor Prophets
minor seventh
minor seventh chord
minor suit
minor term
Minorca
Minorcan
minoritaire
Minorite
minorities
minority

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINOR CANON

anon
Anti-Lebanon
canon
cedar of Lebanon
crab canon
ever and anon
fanon
gonfanon
lanthanon
Lebanon
mirror canon
olecranon
organon
retrograde canon
synanon
the Lebanon
xoanon

Synonyms and antonyms of minor canon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «minor canon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINOR CANON

Find out the translation of minor canon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minor canon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minor canon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

佳能轻微
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

menor canon
570 millions of speakers

English

minor canon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबालिग कैनन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكنسي الطفيفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незначительные канон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menor canon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোটখাট ক্যানন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mineur canon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanon kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Moll Kanon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイナーカノン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

작은 캐논
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Canon minor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhỏ canon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறு கேனான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्पवयीन सिद्धांत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük kanun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minore canon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moll kanon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незначні канон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

minor canon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρές canon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klein kanon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moll canon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mindre canon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minor canon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINOR CANON»

The term «minor canon» is used very little and occupies the 156.691 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINOR CANON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minor canon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINOR CANON»

Discover the use of minor canon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minor canon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Griffin and the Minor Canon
When a griffin shows great fondness for the sculpture of himself above the great door of the church, and equal admiration for the Minor Canon, the townspeople fear that the terrifying creature will live among them forever.
Frank R. Stockton, 2005
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Stories. [v.]3: The griffin and the minor canon. Old Pipes ...
They did not say whether or not they expected the Minor Canon to stay there also , and he did not ask them anything about it. He bowed his head, and went into his house to think. The more he thought, the more clear it became to his mind that ...
Frank Richard Stockton, 1900
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A Magic Place:Reading In The School Room Rdr7
Exploring Details Q Answer these questions. 1. What did the Griffin wish to do when he heard of the sculpted stone image ? 2. Was the Minor Canon brave enough to go and meet the Griffin? 3. What kind of relationship developed between the ...
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public bills
Vicar, or Minor Canon in any Cathedral or Collegiate Church Minor J . Canons. shall be called and styled Minor Canons ; and the Right of appointing such Minor Canons shall be in all Cases vested in the respective Chapters ; and that so soon  ...
‎1840
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The Case of the Minor Canons and Inferior Officers of the ...
12 any Benefice so obtained from this Church, when they - cease to be Minor Canons, The 24th Statuteit expressly states what Benefice a Minor Canon may hold with his Minor Canonry ; directing that he may have only one, and that one not ...
William Bennett (Minor Canon of Canterbury.), 1839
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The Bee-man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales
Whenever the people wanted something difficult done for them, they always went to the Minor Canon. Thus it was that the laborer thought of the young priest when he found that some one must come and speak to the Griffin. The Minor Canon ...
Frank Richard Stockton, 1919
7
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
The Names and proper Titles of all Minor Canon- ries; Vicar Choral- ships ; and other like Corporations; with the Names of the Cathedral Churches in which they are founded; and the Number of Persons, of which each Corporation consists. IS.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1834
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The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
Durham, or shall have been educated thereat and shall be a licentiatc or graduate in theology therein, or who shall have served as incumbent or curate within the same diocese for the period aforesaid; and that every such oflice of minor canon ...
‎1840
9
Memorials and communications, addressed to his late ...
The stipend allotted to the office of Minor Canon is £40 per annum, without any other emolument whatever ; it must therefore be evident that nothing but the anticipation of succeeding to the preferment attached to the Cathedral could have  ...
‎1838
10
The British Magazine
That no minor canon, hereafter to be appointed, in any cathedral or collegiate church, be allowed to take and hold, together with his minor canonry, any benefice, unless such benefice be within the limits of the city wherein such church is ...
Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINOR CANON»

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On the Children's Shelf: Our Favorite Maurice Sendak Books for His …
A few other favorites that I have to recommend: "In The Night Kitchen," "The Griffin and the Minor Canon," and "Charlotte and The White Horse.". «HamletHub, Jun 15»
2
New baptisms for the transgendered?
Rev Rachel Mann, Rector of St Nicholas Burnage and a minor canon at Manchester Cathedral, told Christian Today: “Trans people feel ... «Patheos, May 15»
3
Church of England to consider 'transgender baptism' service
Rev Rachel Mann, Rector of St Nicholas Burnage and a minor canon at Manchester Cathedral, told Christian Today: "Trans people feel ... «ChristianToday, May 15»
4
Exclusive! Judy Kuhn Sings a Gorgeous "Beautiful Mornin'" Off Her …
... the late Mary Rodgers, including songs from the little-known musicals The Griffin and the Minor Canon and the unproduced The Courtship of Miles Standish. «Playbill.com, May 15»
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Tribute to former Dean of Chichester in full
John came to the Cathedral in December 1989, just six months after I had been appointed Priest Vicar and Minor Canon. I remember well his ... «Worthing Herald, Mar 15»
6
Former Vicar of Burnley dies (69)
... before being appointed a minor Canon of St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. His move north, to Langho, followed three years at Windsor. «Burnley Express, Mar 15»
7
Judy Kuhn Sings Three Generations of Rodgers
The Griffin and the Minor Canon, which the Music-Theatre Group produced in 1991, was her last effort as a composer. Not only did she cease ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
8
Disruption as female bishop ordained
... ordination of women in the church, and sued the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in 1997 for appointing a woman as a minor canon. «Oxford Student, Jan 15»
9
Westminster Abbey to honour music of the Nazi camps
Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Minor Canon and Precentor of Westminster Abbey, said: “To create or perform a work of beauty in the context of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Photo Flashback: A Fond Farewell - Remembering The Stars We …
... WORKING, and THE GRIFFIN AND THE MINOR CANON. Her television credits include Once Upon a Mattress, Three to Make Music (written ... «Broadway World, Jan 15»

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