(1) A collection of canons and imperial laws relative or conformable thereto. The-first nomocanon was made by Johannes Scholasticus in 554. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople, in 888, compiled another nomocanon, or collation of the civil laws with the canons; this is the most celebrated. Balsamon wrote a commentary upon it in 1180. (2) A collection of the ancient canons of the apostles, councils, and fathers, without any regard to imperial constitutions. Such is the nomocanon by M. Cotelier. Ene. Lond.