† ˈpetty ˈcanon, ˌpettiˈcanon Obs.
Also 6 petichanon, 7 peticanon, 8 petit-canon.
A Minor Canon: see canon n.2 2.
| 1530 Palsgr. 253/2 Pety cannon, uicaire. 1546 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 15, ix Chauntries..the Incumbentes wherof be bounde to be presente in the Quere of the saide Churche at all the service..and be named Petichanons. 1556 Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 71 Thei..went in to the pettycannons and fowte there. 1661 J. Barnard Praelat. Ch. Eng. 25 That the Vicars, Peticanons, singing men and boyes, with the rest be turned into Schollers. 1769 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. III. 136 One Dean, and seven Prebendaries..besides Petit-canons, Singing-men, and Choristers. |