Definitions from Wiktionary (Canon)
▸ noun: A generally accepted principle; a rule.
▸ noun: a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
▸ noun: A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
▸ noun: The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
▸ noun: A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
▸ noun: A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
▸ noun: A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
▸ noun: In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
▸ noun: A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
▸ noun: (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
▸ noun: (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content.
▸ noun: (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
▸ noun: The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
▸ noun: A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
▸ noun: A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.
▸ noun: (Christianity) Title for a canon.
▸ noun: (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”) [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, which may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ adjective: (fandom slang) Clipping of canonical. [Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.]
▸ noun: 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.]
▸ noun: (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, which may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ noun: 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, which may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ noun: Obsolete spelling of canyon. [A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.]
▸ noun: (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter. [A generally accepted principle; a rule.]
▸ Also see canon
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▸ noun: A generally accepted principle; a rule.
▸ noun: a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
▸ noun: A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
▸ noun: The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
▸ noun: A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
▸ noun: A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
▸ noun: A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
▸ noun: In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
▸ noun: A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
▸ noun: (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
▸ noun: (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content.
▸ noun: (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
▸ noun: The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
▸ noun: A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
▸ noun: A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.
▸ noun: (Christianity) Title for a canon.
▸ noun: (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”) [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, which may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ adjective: (fandom slang) Clipping of canonical. [Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.]
▸ noun: 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.]
▸ noun: (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, which may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ noun: 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, which may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ noun: Obsolete spelling of canyon. [A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.]
▸ noun: (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter. [A generally accepted principle; a rule.]
▸ Also see canon
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secular,
regular,
augustinian,
minor,
ancient,
certain,
literary,
sacred,
ecclesiastical,
deep,
traditional
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