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Defenition of the word canon

    • Defenition of the word canon

      • A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.
      • A generally accepted principle.
      • a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
      • 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"
      • a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
      • a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
      • (North America) a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
      • a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
      • 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"
      • a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
      • a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

    Synonyms for the word canon

      • annals
      • canyon
      • catalog
      • law
      • list
      • norm
      • principle
      • roll
      • rule
      • standard
      • tenet

    Similar words in the canon

      • canon
      • canon's
      • canonicals
      • canonization
      • canonization's
      • canonizations
      • canonize
      • canonized
      • canonizes
      • canonizing
      • canons

    Meronymys for the word canon

      • canyonside

    Hyponyms for the word canon

      • enigma canon
      • enigmatic canon
      • enigmatical canon
      • prebendary
      • riddle canon

    Hypernyms for the word canon

      • composition
      • list
      • listing
      • musical composition
      • opus
      • piece
      • piece of music
      • prescript
      • priest
      • ravine
      • rule
      • sacred scripture
      • scripture
      • surname

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