CANON

canon

(noun) a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

canon

(noun) a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

canon

(noun) a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy; “the neoclassical canon”; “canons of polite society”

canon

(noun) a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

canyon, canon

(noun) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

canon

(noun) a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

canon (plural canons)

A generally accepted principle; a rule.

A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.

A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

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

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

A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g, canon frumentarius

(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.

(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.

(printing, dated) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

(billiards) A carom.

Synonyms

• (48-point type): French canon

Etymology 2

Noun

canon (plural canons)

A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

Etymology 3

Noun

canon (plural canons)

Alternative spelling of qanun

Anagrams

• Ancon, Conan, ancon

Proper noun

Canon (plural Canons)

A surname.

(Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Canon is the 11839^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2644 individuals. Canon is most common among White (68.84%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.75%) individuals.

Noun

Canon (plural Canons)

(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter.

(Christianity) Title for a canon.

Anagrams

• Ancon, Conan, ancon

Source: Wiktionary

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Can"on, n. Etym: [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. Cane, and cf. Canonical.]

1. A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self- slaughter. Shak.

2. (Eccl.)

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. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

3. 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.

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

5. A catalogue of saints sckowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

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

7. (Mus.)

Definition: A musical composition in which the voice begin one after another, at regular intervals, succesively 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.

8. (Print.)

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

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

Note: [See Illust. of Bell.] Knight.

10. (Billiards)

Definition: See Carom. Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical.

– Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under Augustinian.

– Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year).

– Canon law. See under Law.

– Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes.

– Honorary canon, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours.

– Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.

– Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon.

– Secular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours.

Ca*ñon", n. Etym: [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caña reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.]

Definition: A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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