Canon
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
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a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
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a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
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a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
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a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
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a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- canyon
- plural
- Canons
- possessive
- Canon's
- pluralpossessive
- Canons'