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The Britannica Dictionary canon 3 ENTRIES FOUND:

• canon (noun)
• canon (noun)
• canon law (noun)

1 canon /ˈkænən/ noun plural canons 1 canon /ˈkænən/ noun plural canons Britannica Dictionary definition of CANON [count] 1 formal : an accepted rule or guide about how people should behave or about how something should be done

• Anyone who violates every canon of decency as she has done should be dismissed immediately.
• the canons of good taste
• By the canons of science, the experiment was not valid.

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples 2 a : a group of books, poems, plays, etc., that are traditionally considered to be very important

• the canon of American literature = the American literary canon
• She argues that the canon excludes too many women and minority writers.

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples b : the group of books, poems, plays, etc., that a particular author is known to have written

• the small canon of Alcott novels

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples c : a list of books that are considered to be part of a religion's official text

• writings that are outside the Jewish canon

[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples 3 : a piece of music in which the same melody is started at different times by each of the different groups of voices or instruments — compare 2canon 2 canon /ˈkænən/ noun plural canons 2 canon /ˈkænən/ noun plural canons Britannica Dictionary definition of CANON [count] : a Christian priest who works in a cathedral — compare 1canon ASK THE EDITOR

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