Canon vs. Valley

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

Valleynoun

An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

Valleynoun

The area which drains into a river.

Valleynoun

Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.

Valleynoun

The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

Valleynoun

The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.

Valleynoun

The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle.

Valleynoun

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

Valleynoun

a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it

Valleynoun

an internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall.

Valley

A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over a very long period of time.