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1. (n.) canon
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
2. canon
the body of ecclesiastical law.
3. canon
a body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding, esp. in a field of study or art.
4. canon
a principle, rule, or standard:
the canons of good behavior.
5. canon
the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.
6. canon
any officially recognized set of sacred books.
7. canon
any comprehensive list of books within a field.
8. canon
the works of an author that have been accepted as authentic.
9. canon
the list of saints acknowledged by the Roman Catholic Church.
10. canon
the part of the mass between the Sanctus and the communion.
11. canon
consistent, note-for-note imitation of one melodic line by another, in which the second line starts after the first.
12. (n.) canon
a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
13. canon
one of the members
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME; back formation from OE canōnic (one) under rule < ML canōnicus, L: of or under rule < Gk kanōnikós. See canon1, -ic)
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| Definition of 'canon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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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| Definition of 'canon' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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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| Definitions of 'canon' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. canon
the name given to the body of Scripture accepted by the Church as of divine authority.
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Sense: a rule (especially of the church).
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 Afrikaans: kerkreël |
 Arabic: شَرْع، قانون كَنَسي |
 Bulgarian: канон |
 Brazilian: cânone |
 Czech: církevní zákon |
 German: die Regel, der Kanon |
 Danish: rettesnor; regel |
 Greek: εκκλησιαστικός κανόνας |
 Spanish: canon |
 Estonian: kaanon |
 Farsi: قانون |
 Finnish: sääntö |
 French: canon |
 Hebrew: כִתְבֵי קוֹדֶש |
 Hindi: धर्मसूत्र |
 Croatian: pravilo |
 Hungarian: kánon |
 Indonesian: aturan |
 Icelandic: (kirkju)lög |
 Italian: canone |
 Japanese: 戒律 |
 Korean: 교회법 |
 Lithuanian: kanonas |
 Latvian: kanons |
 Malay: kanun |
 Dutch: canon |
 Norwegian: (kirke)lov |
 Polish: kanon |
 Persian: قانون |
 Pashto: قانون |
 Portuguese: cânone |
 Romanian: canon |
 Russian: канон |
 Slovak: (cirkevný) predpis, naria |
 Slovenian: kanon |
 Serbian: kanon |
 Swedish: [kyrkligt] påbud |
 Thai: หลักการ |
 Turkish: kilise kanunu/nizamı; Hri |
 Taiwanese: 教規 |
 Ukrainian: канон |
 Urdu: شریعت ، دینی قانون |
 Vietnamese: quy tắc |
 Chinese: 教规 |
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