Canon ¹

Definition: A law or rule.

Canon ²

Definition: 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.

Canon ³

Definition: 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.

Canon ⁴

Definition: In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

Canon ⁵

Definition: A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

Canon ⁶

Definition: A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

Canon ⁷

Definition: 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.

Canon ⁸

Definition: The largest size of type having a specific name; so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

Canon ⁹

Definition: The part of a bell by which it is suspended; called also ear and shank.

Canon ¹⁰

Definition: See Carom.

canon ¹¹

Definition: a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

canon ¹²

Definition: a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

canon ¹³

Definition: 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"

canon ¹⁴

Definition: a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

canon ¹⁵

Definition: a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

canon ¹⁶

Definition: a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter