'Canonist' definitions:
Definition of 'canonist'
From: WordNet
adjective
Pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g. "canonist communism"
noun
A specialist in canon law
Definition of 'Canonist'
From: GCIDE
- Canonist \Can"on*ist\, n. [Cf. F. canoniste.] A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. --South. [1913 Webster]