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