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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
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The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
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A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
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The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
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the entire Shakespeare canon
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A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
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A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
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We must proceed according to canon law.
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A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
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In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
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A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
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A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
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Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
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(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
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Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
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A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.
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A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
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a canon of beef or lamb
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A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
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The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
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A carom.