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    A minor canon is a member of staff on the establishment of a cathedral or a collegiate church. In at least one foundation the post may be known as "priest-vicar"...
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  • the two senior Minor Canons. Some Minor Canons do sit with, but are not voting members of, the Chapter. Although at present Minor Canons are generally...
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    Canon (also known as the Canon in D, P 37) is an accompanied canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. The canon was originally scored for...
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    Curate (section Minor canons)
    some rectors, depending on the value of the livings being compared. Minor canons are those clergy who are members of a cathedral's establishment and take...
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    residentiary canons (one of whom is, exceptionally, lay), one "additional member of chapter and canon non-residentiary" (ordained), and two lay canons. Each...
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  • The Minor Canons of St Paul's Cathedral, London, whose origins predate the Norman conquest of England, unusually were independent of the senior canons and...
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    triple time: An example of a classical strict canon is the Minuet of Haydn's String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2. "Throughout its sinewy length,...
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    Paula Gooder (Canon Chancellor) James Milne (Canon Precentor) Tricia Hillas (Canon Pastor) Vacant (Canon Treasurer) Rosemary Morton (Minor Canon Succentor)...
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  • Exorcist (category Minor orders)
    ordination to the minor orders which used to be below it, such as Exorcist and Porter, although this has not been officially defined (although Canon Law section...
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    1223. Today the Friars Minor is composed of three branches: the Order of Friars Minor (Brown Franciscans), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Brown Friars...
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