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Definition canon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French canon, from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew ?????‎ (qane, “reed”)). See also cane.

Noun

canon (plural canons)

  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. (fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  12. (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. (printing, dated) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  15. (billiards) A carom.

Etymology 2

From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Anglo-Norman chanoine).

Noun

canon (plural canons)

  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

Etymology 3

Noun

canon (plural canons)

  1. Alternative spelling of qanun

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