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 that guides how someone should behave.
• 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 that guides how someone should behave.
2. noun (law) An official written order, especially one demanding that money be paid.
3. noun (UK) An instruction from one local council to another setting the level of tax to charge on its behalf.
4. noun The rate of tax fixed by such an order, or the tax collected under it.

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