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Codex Juris Canonici definition

Codex Ju·ris Ca·no·nici (jo̵or′is kə nän′ə sī′)

official body of laws governing the Roman Catholic Church since 1918, now revised: replaced the Corpus Juris Canonici

Etymology: L, Code of Canon Law

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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