cóengo

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cõẽgo, from Late Latin canonicus (canon), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Spanish canónigo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cóengo m (plural cóengos)

  1. (ecclesiastical) canon (member of a cathedral's chapter)
    • 1389, Enrique Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 207:
      mando que non possan tomar as ditas pesoas et coengos et homes boos da dita iglesia por panigoados os ofiçiales conuen a saber os carpenteiros et pedreiros et carniçeyros et ferreyros et çapateyros et peliteyros et mercadores
      I command that no churchman or canon or good man of that church could take for a stooge any official, i.e., the carpenters and stonemasons and butchers and smiths and shoemakers and furriers and merchants

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