κανόνας — meaning in English

English meaning

• canon noun A collection of works or rules officially accepted as genuine or authoritative, such as the accepted body of a writer's work or a set of religious texts.
• precept noun A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
• rule noun An official regulation or guideline that governs behaviour or a process.

Senses

κανόνας is used for these senses in English:

• canon A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
• precept A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
• rule A regulation, law, guideline.

canon — full definition

1. noun A collection of works or rules officially accepted as genuine or authoritative, such as the accepted body of a writer's work or a set of religious texts.
2. noun A clergyman who serves on the staff of a cathedral.

precept — full definition

1. noun A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
2. noun A written command, especially a demand for payment.
3. noun An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
4. noun A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.

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