Canon(n.)
- A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.
Canon(n.)
- The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
Canon(n.)
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
Canon(n.)
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Canon(n.)
- A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Canon(n.)
- A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
Canon(n.)
- The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
Canon(n.)
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.
Canonical
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Canonically(adv.)
- In a canonical manner; according to the canons.
Canonicals(n. pl.)
- The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.
Canonicate(n.)
- The office of a canon; a canonry.
Canonicates
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Canonicities
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Canonicity(n.)
- The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.
Canonics
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Canonization(n.)
- The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
Canonization(n.)
- The state of being canonized or sainted.
Canonizations
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Canonize(v. t.)
- To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.
Canonize(v. t.)
- To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.
Canonize(v. t.)
- To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.