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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 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.
The meaning of CANON is a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council. How to use canon in a sentence. What is the difference between cannon and canon? Synonym Discussion of Canon.
noun. an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope. the body of ecclesiastical law. the body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding in a field of study or art: the neoclassical canon.
Definition of 'canon' Word Frequency. canon. (kænən ) Word forms: plural canons. 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]
[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.
noun. the collection of works by a writer or artist that are considered to be authentic. see more. noun. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy. “the neoclassical canon ”. “ canons of polite society”. see more.
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.
