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- Dictionarycanon/ˈkanən/
noun
- 1. a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged: "the appointment violated the canons of fair play and equal opportunity" Similar
- 2. a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine: "the biblical canon"
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: a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works. the canon of great literature.
a piece of music, or a way of singing or chanting in which one voice sings a part and then other voices sing the same part one at a time in a way that is slightly different: The phrases are chanted in canon by the monks as a form of meditation. The music teacher taught the class to sing in a canon.
[countable, usually singular] a list of the books or other works that are generally accepted as the real work of a particular writer or as being important. the Shakespeare canon. ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a central book in the canon of English literature.
CANON meaning: 1 : an accepted rule or guide about how people should behave or about how something should be done; 2 : a group of books, poems, plays, etc., that are traditionally considered to be very important.
1. countable noun. A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral. 2. countable noun. A canon of texts is a list of them that is accepted as genuine or important. [formal] He had to read a canon of accepted literary texts. [ + of] ...the Irish literary canon. 3. countable noun.
1. An ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council. 2. A secular law, rule, or code of law. 3. a. An established principle: the canons of polite society. b. A basis for judgment; a standard or criterion. 4. The books of the Bible officially accepted as Holy Scripture. 5. a.
A canon is a group of works that contributes to the advancement of a field of study or to an artistic period. Shakespeare ’s plays and poetry are considered a part of the canon of English literature, for example.
