canon
/ˈkæn.ən/ · noun
Meaning
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
- A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.