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▸ noun:  A generally accepted principle; a rule.
▸ noun:  a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.
▸ noun:  A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
▸ noun:  The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
▸ noun:  A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
▸ noun:  A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
▸ noun:  A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
▸ noun:  In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
▸ noun:  A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
▸ noun:  (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
▸ noun:  (fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
▸ noun:  (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.
▸ noun:  (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
▸ noun:  The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
▸ noun:  A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
▸ noun:  A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.
▸ noun:  (Christianity) Title for a canon.
▸ adjective:  (fandom slang) Clipping of canonical. [Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.]
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of qanun [(music) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.]
▸ noun:  (obsolete, now a misspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”) [A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”) [A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.]
▸ noun:  (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter. [A generally accepted principle; a rule.]

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