Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word CANON

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Definitions of CANON

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 piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
10. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
11. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
12. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
13. (fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
14. (cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
15. (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
16. (fandom slang) Clipping of canonical.
17. Alternative spelling of qanun.
18. (obsolete, now amisspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon ("weapon").
19. Alternative spelling of cannon ("a carom in billiards").
20. A surname.
21. (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.
22. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon.: a member of a chapter.
23. (Christianity) Title for a canon.

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