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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Canonical Obedience

The obedience due by the inferior clergy to the superior clergy set over them. Even bishops owe canonical obedience to the archbishop of the same province.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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