Meanings (ES + gloss)
canon
A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
Russo had been working as a salesman, selling Great Books of the Western World, hawking the canon to the rubes.
the durable canon of American short fiction
canon
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
We must proceed according to canon law.
canon
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
canon
A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
Phrases
Morgan's canoncanon bitcanon bonecanon by contrary motioncanon eventcanon lawcanoniccanonicalcanonicitycanonisationcanonisecanonistcanonisticcanonizationcanonizecanonlikecanonshipcrab canondeuterocanonicaldouble canonenigma canonenigmatic canonenigmatical canonfanonheadcanoninfinite canonminor canonmirror canonnon-canonnoncanonicalperpetual canonprotocanonicalpuzzle canonriddle canonsoft canon
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 7886
canon
Meanings (ES + gloss)
canónigo
A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
Word forms