canonicate

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Having, it is reported, a good thousand crowns yearly of patrimony, and a canonicate worth six hundred more, he might have attempted to relieve thee from slavery, by assisting thy relatives in thy redemption.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage

However, he did return to take possession of his canonicate at Lombes, and to lose possession of his peace of mind.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

He had obtained for him a canonicate at Verona.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

Giorgio spoke of this matter to the Pope, which was the reason that the bond was renewed, and afterwards it was proposed to exchange it for a canonicate at Udine for Giovanni's son.

From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero by Vasari, Giorgio

A republic that could afford to be lavish in all other expenses, limited their bounty towards him to the begging of a canonicate for him from his Holiness, though Florence had confiscated his father's property.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas