Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor;
weak; powerless.
1. A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self- slaughter. Shak. 2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority....
