canonry
noun
canonry is a noun meaning “The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-N-O-N-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of canonry is canonries.
What does canonry mean?
noun
- 1
The office of a canon; a benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
- 2
Canons considered as a group.
- 3
A house where canons live.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of canonry
- canonries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is canonry?
Canonry appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Canonry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense The office of a canon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | canonicat, chanoinie |
| Portuguese | canonicato |
| Spanish | canonjía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does canonry come from?
From canon + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).