Headcanon vs. Canon

Headcanonnoun

(fandom slang) Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual fan, but not necessarily found within or supported by the official canon.

Headcanonverb

To interpret in the form of a headcanon.

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