† canoˈnistre Obs.
[ad. F. canoniste: cf. alkamistre, sophister, etc., and see -istre.]
An earlier form of canonist.
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. viii. 135 Bote Catoun construweþ hit nay And Canonistres boþe, And siggen bi hem-seluen Sompnia ne cures. 1393 Ibid. C. x. 303 Caton counteth hit at nouht and canonistres at lasse. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 32 Þis man of lawe..was neþir civilian ne canonistre. 1382 ― Bible Prol. xiii. 51 Sumtyme cyuylians and canonistris weren deuout. |