canon

IPA: kˈænʌn

noun

  • A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  • a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
  • A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  • The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  • A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  • A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  • A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  • In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  • A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  • (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  • (fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  • (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
  • (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  • The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  • A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
  • A surname.
  • (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.
  • (Christianity) Title for a canon.
  • Alternative spelling of qanun [(music) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.]
  • (obsolete, now a misspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”) [A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.]
  • Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”) [A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.]
  • (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter. [A generally accepted principle; a rule.]

adjective

  • (fandom slang) Clipping of canonical. [Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.]
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Examples of "canon" in Sentences

  • He became the canon of Salamanca.
  • Frivolity is no excuse for ignoring canon.
  • He died in the infirmary the canons of the church.
  • They will to be canonized in the name of the Lord.
  • The people were canonized by the head of the church.
  • Doctrine is found in the canonical scriptures of the Church.
  • The custom of canonization began in the early church by popular acclamation.
  • The Synod ratified the autocephaly of the Church of Cyprus by its 8th canon.
  • Later the church would pass canon laws forbidding the practice of divination.
  • Later, the church would pass canon laws forbidding the practice of divination.

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