[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or fact of being canonical.
1638. Chillingw., Relig. Prot., I. iii. § 28. 141. Their Authority and Canonicalnesse.
a. 1715. Burnet, Own Time, an. 1711 (R.). Maintaining the canonicalness of the apostolical constitutions.
1747. Carte, Hist. Eng., I. 472. The canonicalness of whose election he had, as abbot of Bec, already acknowledged.
