Canon

['kænən]

Definition

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

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

(noun.) 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'.

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

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

Typist: Tabitha--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A law or rule.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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

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

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

(n.) 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.

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

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

(n.) See Carom.

Editor: Nita

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rule (especially in ecclesiastical matters), law, formula, formulary.[2]. Received books of Scripture, canonical books.[3]. Catalogue of Saints.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rule, measure, regulation, test, law

ANT:Misguidance, antinomy, Irregularity, misrule

Typed by Bernadine

Definition

n. a law or rule esp. in ecclesiastical matters: a general rule: standard: the books of Scripture accepted as the standard or rule of faith by the Christian Church: a species of musical composition: one bound by certain vows over and above those binding upon regular members of his community—a canon regular: a clerical dignitary belonging to a cathedral enjoying special emoluments and obliged to reside there part of the year: a list of saints canonised: (print.) a large kind of type.—n. Can′oness a female beneficiary of a regular religious college.—adjs. Canon′ic -al according to or included in the canon: regular: ecclesiastical.—adv. Canon′ically.—n.pl. Canon′icals the official dress of the clergy regulated by the church canons.—ns. Canonic′ity the state of belonging to the canon of Scripture; Canonisā′tion.—v.t. Can′onise to enrol in the canon or list of saints.—n. Can′onist one versed in the canon law.—adj. Canonist′ic.—ns. Can′on-law a digest of the formal decrees of councils œcumenical general and local of diocesan and national synods and of patriarchal decisions as to doctrine and discipline; Can′onry the benefice of a canon.—Canon of the mass that part of the mass which begins after the 'Sanctus' with the prayer 'Te igitur ' and ends just before the 'Paternoster;' Canon residentiary a canon obliged to reside at a cathedral and take a share in the duty; Honorary canon one having the titular rank of canon in a cathedral but without duties or emoluments; Minor canon a cleric in orders attached to a cathedral his duty being to assist the canons in singing divine service.

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