кано́н — meaning in English
kanon
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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.
Senses
кано́н is used for these senses in English:
- canon A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- canon A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- canon (chiefly, _, fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content.
- qanun (musical instrument) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.
canon — full definition
- 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.
- noun A clergyman who serves on the staff of a cathedral.