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Definition of canon

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Canon (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation..

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Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..

Canonized :: Canonized (imp. & p. p.) of Canoniz.

Canonist :: Canonist (n.) A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

Codex :: Codex (n.) A collection of canons.

Title :: Title (n.) A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book..

Canonicalness :: Canonicalness (n.) The quality of being canonical; canonicity.

Deuterogamy :: Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy..

Residentiary :: Residentiary (a.) Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian..

Domino :: Domino (n.) A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.

Deuterocanonical :: Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc..

Canon :: Canon (n.) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order..

Canonicity :: Canonicity (n.) The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.

Round :: Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison..

Canonize :: Canonize (v. t.) To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.

Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.

Testament :: Testament (n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter..

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A community of canons or canonesses.

Ecclesiastes :: Ecclesiastes (a.) One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

Saint :: Saint (n.) One canonized by the church.

Premonstratensian :: Premonstratensian (n.) One of a religious order of regular canons founded by St. Norbert at Premontre, in France, in 1119. The members of the order are called also White Canons, Norbertines, and Premonstrants..