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Meanings of canon in English
Contrapuntal form of music involving a self-harmonizing theme with imitations offset in time.
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Usage of canon in English
1
Such questions have relevance in light of the church's canon law system.
2
The circle also fulfils but imperfectly the demands of the fundamental canon.
3
The canon assented; and crossing the quadrangle, they returned to the gateway.
4
Under such circumstances canon law stipulates that the choice falls to bishops.
5
However, his lasting contribution to the Irish folk canon occasionally went unheralded.
6
This is the canon of the moral appreciation of the action generally.
7
They really expanded on the canon and they progressed the story forward.
8
The second canon is: Make sure of the experience behind the thought.
9
Now they're being hailed for what they are: a new folk canon.
10
The innovation must have the support of the canon of conspicuous waste.
11
But the Syrian churches still adhered to the canon of the Peshito.
12
In 1595 he was made a canon of the cathedral of Florence.
13
The other canon shook his head in dismay at such arrant folly.
14
All marriages contracted in opposition to the canon laws are considered null.
15
The canon law of the church was abolished and its study prohibited.
16
But the canon had faced about and fled out of the room.
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Canon through the time
Canon across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common