minor canon

Italian translation: viceparroco / vicario parrocchiale (o canonico minore)

23:07 Mar 12, 2024
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: minor canon
Hi, I have to translate, for an internship, a children's short story written in 1885 called "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" by Frank Stockton (an American writer). My problem lies in the term "minor canon". This term is referring to the religious sphere (more precisely to the church hierarchy) and I should translate it into the corresponding italian, but I cannot find a term that satisfies me. "Canonico" is not a word commonly used in Italian when referring to the religious sphere and since the target audience is quite young, I would like to find a more suitable term.
_beatrice_
Italy
Italian translation:viceparroco / vicario parrocchiale (o canonico minore)
Explanation:
Se riferito alla Chiesa cattolica, potrebbe trattarsi di questo. Anche alla pagina linkata da Emmanuella si trova un termine simile.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicario_parrocchiale

Venne successivamente ordinato diacono e quindi divenne vicario (canonico minore).
He was subsequently ordained to the diaconate, later becoming vicarius (minor canon).
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amner
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Zea_Mays
Italy
Local time: 07:02
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Summary of answers provided
5sagrestano
michele chieli
4parroco
Lorenzo Meloni
3prete, sacerdote, presbitero o ministro del culto minore
Michela Macrì
2viceparroco / vicario parrocchiale (o canonico minore)
Zea_Mays


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prete, sacerdote, presbitero o ministro del culto minore


Explanation:
Buongiorno Beatrice, secondo me potresti sostituire il termine canonico con prete o sacerdote dato che stai traducendo un racconto per bambini. Visto il contesto, il sostantivo canonico qui si riferisce al presbitero, ovvero l'ecclesiastico o chierico che ha il compito di presiedere il culto detto anche più comunemente sacerdote.


    https://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_sinonimi_contrari/C/canonico.shtml?refresh_ce
Michela Macrì
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viceparroco / vicario parrocchiale (o canonico minore)


Explanation:
Se riferito alla Chiesa cattolica, potrebbe trattarsi di questo. Anche alla pagina linkata da Emmanuella si trova un termine simile.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicario_parrocchiale

Venne successivamente ordinato diacono e quindi divenne vicario (canonico minore).
He was subsequently ordained to the diaconate, later becoming vicarius (minor canon).
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Amner

Zea_Mays
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
sagrestano


Explanation:
Minor canon o sacrist: a person who has charge of the contents of a church.

michele chieli
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parroco


Explanation:
Considering that in the story the "minor canon" is a person (the clergyman responsible for the spiritual care and maintenance of a church or cathedral), I think that the best and most widely understood translation for this would be "parroco" (parish priest).

Lorenzo Meloni
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