canon
/ˈkæn.ən/
A generally accepted principle; a rule; a rule.; A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art
- plural
- canons
Meanings
- 1
A generally accepted principle; a rule
- 2
A generally accepted principle; a rule.; A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art
- 3
A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a fieldrare
- 4
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authenticrare
- 5
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canonrare
- 6
A religious law or body of law decreed by the churchrare
- 7
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Churchrare
- 8
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious orderrare
- 9
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a roundrare
- 10
A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentariusrare