canon
canon (kan′ən)
noun
- a law or body of laws of a church
- Rare any law or decree
- an established or basic rule or principle the canons of good taste
- a standard to judge by; criterion
- a body of rules, principles, criteria, etc.
- the books of the Bible officially accepted by a church or religious body as divinely inspired
- the works ascribed to an author that are accepted as genuine
- the complete works, as of an author
- those works, authors, etc. accepted as major or essential the Victorian canon
- Eccles. the fundamental and essentially unvarying part of the Mass, between the Preface and Communion, that centers on consecration of the bread and wine
- a list of recognized saints as in the Roman Catholic Church
- Music
- a contrapuntal device in which a melody introduced in one voice is restated in one or more other voices that overlap the first and successive voices in continuous and strict imitation
- a composition so constructed
Etymology: ME < OE & OFr < L, measuring line, rule (hence, in ML(Ec), sacred writings admitted to the catalog according to the rule) < Gr kanōn, rule, rod < kanna: see cane
canon (kan′ən)
noun
- a member of a clerical group living according to a canon, or rule
- a clergyman serving in a cathedral or collegiate church
- canon regular
Etymology: ME < OE canonic & OFr chanoine < LL(Ec) canonicus, a cleric, one living by the canon: see canon
canon
n.
n
- A rule or principle, especially one that is fundamental.
- A rule or standard of conduct, in the form of a general maxim, adopted by a professional organization to guide the conduct of its members. See also Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Converse of object
- establish: In many respects, the established canons of visual communication theory have been challenged.
Adjective modifier
- Augustinian: By the fifteenth century it had become a house of Augustinian canons feeding only 27 of Bristol's poor.
- residentiary: He was first appointed as a residentiary canon and only became Chancellor after several years with us.
- ot: The Apocrypha themselves provide evidence against its inclusion within the OT canon.
- literary: In 25 years the literary canon has greatly expanded.
- Hebrew: The first five books of the Hebrew canon are known as the Torah meaning ' the Law ' .
- secular: The plays were written by secular canons at Glasney College in Penryn with the intention of teaching ordinary people tales from the Bible.
Modifies a noun
- eos: Even at a surprise that the the canon eos.
- law: What we do ask is how the Covenant should be related to canon law.
- lawyer: The church not only employed priests and bishops, but also canon lawyers, estate managers, scholars and lecturers.
- formation: He will speak on the process of canon formation in Spanish cinema and TV.
- printer: I used to do the same with canon printer.
Noun used with modifier
- testament: The New Testament canon in its current form was first formally attested in 367.
- twelve: Symphonique #3 ( Ode To Venus ) - a twelve part canon with a four bar coda.
- snow: A special area has been created for snowboarders and the snow canons will make sure there is snow during the whole season!
Possessives
- wright: Proven project management of wright's canon such a success.
Preposition: of
- cathedral: The poor canon of the cathedral of Paris was spiked again.
- literature: In English - applying a canon of literature from a variety of cultures.
Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.When we love a womanwe don't start measuring her limbs.
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