Canon vs. Fanon
Canonnoun
A generally accepted principle; a rule.
Canonnoun
A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
Canonnoun
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
Canonnoun
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
Canonnoun
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
Canonnoun
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Canonnoun
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
Canonnoun
A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Canonnoun
A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
Canonnoun
(Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
Canonnoun
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
Canonnoun
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
Canonnoun
A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
Canonnoun
The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
Canonnoun
(billiards) A carom.
Canonnoun
A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
Canonnoun
A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
Canonnoun
A law or rule.
Canonnoun
A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.
Canonnoun
The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
Canonnoun
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
Canonnoun
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Canonnoun
A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Canonnoun
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.
Canonnoun
The largest size of type having a specific name; - so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
Canonnoun
The part of a bell by which it is suspended; - called also ear and shank.
Canonnoun
See Carom.
Canonnoun
A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
Canonnoun
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy;
Canonnoun
a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
Canonnoun
a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
Canonnoun
a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
Canonnoun
a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
Canonnoun
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
Canonnoun
archaic spelling of canyon
Fanonnoun
A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
Fanonnoun
Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
Fanonnoun
A maniple.
Fanonnoun
(surgery) A fold of linen laid under a splint.
Fanonnoun
Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.
Fanonnoun
A term applied to various articles,
