a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral, especially one who is a member of the chapter; a member of certain orders of clergy that live communally according to an ecclesiastical rule in the same way as monks
[a] Don Alessandro may have been given a different first name at his baptism, and he referred to Leonardo da Vinci has his nephew. Leonardo also noted that don Alessandro was his uncle. See Ulivi, p. 9.