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canon(1) (iou)



canon noun1. OE
[Latin from Greek kanon rule: reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman canun, Old & mod. French canon.]
An ecclesiastical law or decree; esp. a rule laid down by an ecclesiastical council; sing. & (usu.) in pl., canon law. OE.
Shakespeare All's Well Self-love..the most inhibited sin in the canon.
The part of the Mass containing the words of consecration. ME.
A General law, rule, or edict; a fundamental principle. LME.
D. Carnegie I violated all the canons of courtesy, ignored everyone else. J. K. Galbraith The balanced budget, so long a canon of the conventional wisdom.
b. Math. A General rule, formula, or table. LME-L18.
c. A standard of judgement; a criterion. E17.
G. Murray We are establishing a new conventional canon of what is poetical and what not.
(The set of) those biblical books officially accepted by any of the Christian Churches as genuinely inspired; any collection or list of sacred works accepted as genuine. LME.
b. A list or catalogue of recognized saints. E18.
c. (A list of) the recognized genuine works of a particular author, composer, etc. L19.
D. Lodge A series of commentaries on Jane Austen which would work through the whole canon, one novel at a time.
Music. (The style of) a composition in which different parts take up the same subject successively in strict imitation. L16.
Law. A customary payment made to the Church; a quit-rent. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
A former size of type equal to four-line pica. L17.
[Prob. a different word: cf. CANNON noun 2.] A metal loop at the top of a bell, by which it is hung. Usu. in pl., of crossed loops. L17.
(A period or era serving as) a basis for chronology. M19.
Phrases: MURATORIAN canon.
Comb.: canon law ecclesiastical law, esp. as laid down by papal and council pronouncements.