canon
(Greek: kanon, rule)
- A practical law or rule of guidance; a standard, or criterion; a catalog or list of such rules.
- In art, an established rule.
- In biblical usage, the official catalog of inspired writings known as the Old and New Testament
See also: Canon of the Holy Scriptures.
- In ecclesiastical usage, a short dogmatic definition, with an anathema attached, made by a general council; a rule of the Church.
See also Canon Law; Canon Law, New Code of.
- The fundamental part of the Mass, coming after the Offertory.
See also Canon of the Mass.
- The rules of religious orders and the books comprising these rules.
- The catalog of canonized saints.
- Certain ecclesiastical persons.
See
Canons, Chapters of;
Canon Penitentiary;
Canons and Canonesses Regular;
Canons Regular of Saint Augustine;
Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception;
Canons Regular of the Lateran.
- In music, a composition consisting of the imitation or repetition of the same melody by one or more voices in turn, in such a manner as to produce harmony.
- In printing, a size of type almost equal to four-line picar 48-point type; it is said to be so called because it was used for printing the Canon of the Mass and church books.
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