A generally accepted principle; a rule.
The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
the entire Shakespeare canon
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
We must proceed according to canon law.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.
A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
a canon of beef or lamb
A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
A carom.
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.