NOUN
  • Definition - A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  • Example - The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  • Definition - A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  • Example - The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  • Definition - The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  • Example - the entire Shakespeare canon
  • Definition - A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  • Example - the entire Shakespeare canon
  • Definition - A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  • Example - We must proceed according to canon law.
  • Definition - A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Example - We must proceed according to canon law.
  • Definition - In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  • Example - We must proceed according to canon law.
  • Definition - A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  • Example - We must proceed according to canon law.
  • Definition - A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  • Example - Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
  • Definition - (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  • Example - Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
  • Definition - Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
  • Example - A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.
  • Definition - A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  • Example - a canon of beef or lamb
  • Definition - A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  • Example - a canon of beef or lamb
  • Definition - The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
  • Example - a canon of beef or lamb
  • Definition - A carom.
  • Example - a canon of beef or lamb
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
ancon 7 canon 7
4 Letter Words
conn 6 anon 4 nano 4 nona 4
3 Letter Words
can 5 con 5 oca 5 nan 3
2 Letter Words
an 2 na 2 no 2 on 2
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