The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canonically
Canonically \Ca*non"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a canonical manner; according to the canons.
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canonically
adv. In a canonical manner.
Usage examples of "canonically".
Indulgence to the effect following, namely, that as long as they continue in the verity of the faith, the unity of the Holy Roman Church, in obedience and in devotion to your holiness and your successors, the Chief Pontiffs of the Holy Roman Church, who shall be canonically elected, so long a suitable Confessor chosen by them shall have power under the authority of the Apostolic See to grant to them when in articulo mortis full remission of all sin which they may have confessed with contrition of heart.