= canon, n.2; one in canonical orders. (Latin canonicus.)
Church History. A clergyman (including clerks in minor orders) living with others in a clergy-house (claustrum), or (in later times) in one of the…
A member of a chapter (chapter, n. 5).
A member of the chapter of a cathedral or collegiate church; = capitular, n. 3. Also: a member of a religious or chivalric order.