law vs canon law

canon law vs law

law and canon law both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
law	Yes	No	No	No
canon law	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, canon law is a hyponym of law; that is, canon law is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than law:

law: the collection of rules imposed by authority
canon law: the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church

Other hyponyms of law include administrative law, ecclesiastical law, civil law, case law, common law, precedent, international law, law of nations, law of the land, martial law, commercial law, law merchant, mercantile law, military law, Law of Moses, Mosaic law, Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law, statutory law, securities law, tax law.

law (noun)	canon law (noun)
the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system	the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
the collection of rules imposed by authority
the force of policemen and officers

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