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canon   (TTS Sound)

The noun canon has 6 senses

• canon -- (a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society")


• canon -- (a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter)


• canyon, canon -- (a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall)


• canon -- (a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts)


• canon -- (a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church)


• canon -- (a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired)