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canonry

/kan-uhn-ree/US // ˈkæn ən ri //UK // (ˈkænənrɪ) //

监狱,监狱长,监狱长办公室

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural can·on·ries.

    • : the office or benefice of a canon.

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Examples

  • The Dread Arrest had been solemnly recognised, and that wretched canonry at Wareham was irrevocably pronounced for doom.

  • He was 67 years of age, and was appointed to his canonry in 1867.

  • They had discussed the priest's canonry, and the order for the crucifix.

  • And everybody knows that the author is almost certain to be offered the first vacant canonry in his own cathedral.

  • His activity was so notorious that he was exiled from court, but was consoled by a canonry at Toledo.