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canon law

noun as in church law

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After completing studies in theology in Chicago and in canon law in Rome, the Catholic Church sent him to Peru for the first time.

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"It's the abuse being celebrated, in a way," she told me, "Because the cover-ups are still there, they're shielded behind the Vatican walls and their canon laws."

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It means canon law students have no case law to study or cite.

It means canon law students have no case law to study or cite.

Catholic canon law says the church “promotes the true and authentic veneration” of saints because of their pious examples.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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