English

Noun

1. The degree to which something is canonical.

• Canon (fiction), a body of works considered genuine or official within a fictional universe
• Canon (company), a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation
• Canon (liturgy) or the Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
• Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
  • Pachelbel's Canon
• Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters
• Canons Regular, the oldest and most prestigious order within the Church, the Canonical Order follows the Rule of Augustine, and the Confederated Order is the Order of Canons Regular of St. Augustine, made up of nine congregations. There is also the venerable order of Premontre representing a mediaeval reform and a stricter observance of Canonical Life.
• Canonesses, the female branch of the Canonical Order, made up of various Congregations.
• Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
• Canon (manga), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi
• Canon, Georgia, a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States
• Cañon or canyon, a deep valley between cliffs

• Canon law
  • Canon law (Catholic Church)
  • Penitential canons
• Biblical canon
• Taoist canon or Daozang
• Pali Canon
• Chinese Buddhist Canon
• Tibetan Buddhist canon
• Chinese classic texts or Chinese canonical texts
• Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
• Canons Regular, a religious order of men who are usually priests who live in community
• The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
• Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged

See also

• Canonization
• Cannon (disambiguation)
• Canon of Eclipses, a compilation eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer