| Definitions of 'Canon' |
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1. (noun) canon
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
"the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
2. (noun) canon
a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
3. (noun) canyon, canon
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
4. (noun) canon
a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
5. (noun) canon
a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
6. (noun) canon
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
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| Definitions of 'Canon' |
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1. (noun) Canon
a law or rule
2. (noun) Canon
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
3. (noun) Canon
the collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a
4. (noun) Canon
in monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order
5. (noun) Canon
a catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church
6. (noun) Canon
a member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church
7. (noun) Canon
a musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation
8. (noun) Canon
the largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church
9. (noun) Canon
the part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank
10. (noun) Canon
see Carom
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