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noun
1.
an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
2.
the body of ecclesiastical law.
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the body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a field of study or art: the neoclassical canon.
4.
a fundamental principle or general rule: the canons of good behavior.
5.
EXPANDa standard; criterion: the canons of taste.
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the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired.
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any officially recognized set of sacred books.
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any comprehensive list of books within a field.
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the works of an author that have been accepted as authentic: There are 37 plays in the Shakespeare canon. Compare apocrypha (def. 3).
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a catalog or list, as of the saints acknowledged by the Church.
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Liturgy. the part of the Mass between the Sanctus and the Communion.
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Eastern Church. a liturgical sequence sung at matins, usually consisting of nine odes arranged in a fixed pattern.
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COLLAPSEPrinting. a 48-point type.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin < Greek kanṓn measuring rod, rule, akin to kánna cane
before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin < Greek kanṓn measuring rod, rule, akin to kánna cane
Related forms
can·on·like, adjective
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noun
1.
one of a body of dignitaries or prebendaries attached to a cathedral or a collegiate church; a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
2.
Roman Catholic Church. one of the members (canons regular) of certain religious orders.
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Word Origin & History
canon
"clergyman," c.1200, from Anglo-Fr. canun, from O.N.Fr. canonie, from L.L. canonicus "clergyman living under a rule," from L. canonicus (adj.) "according to rule," from Gk. kanonikos, from kanon (see canon (1)).
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