canons
Bodies of doctrine
Canons are established rules, principles, or standards—especially authoritative lists of works or texts.
The biblical canon comprises books accepted as scripture; the literary canon includes works deemed essential to a tradition: Shakespeare is central to the Western canon.
Canon law governs church affairs.
A canon is also a member of certain Christian clergy, or a type of musical composition where voices enter successively with the same melody.
A different word, cannon, is the large gun.
Foundational moral beliefs
- preceptsRules of conduct
- tenetsFoundational beliefs of doctrine
- doctrinesCodified belief systems
- axiomsAccepted starting principles
decrees · edicts · mandates · criteria · standards · norms · guidelines · protocols
Contrapuntal musical form
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- roundCurved like circle
- imitationCopy of the original
voices · entries · subject · inversion · augmentation · mensuration · retrograde · canonic
Bishop's principal church
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- chapterDivision of a book
- collegiateRelating to universities
- ecclesiasticReligious minister or priest
dean · vestments · benefice · diocese · clerical · ordained · resident · secular
Large mounted artillery pieces
- howitzersHigh-angle artillery weapons
- mortarsBowls for grinding
- culverinsLong early firearms
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
bombardment · siege · gunpowder · ammunition · shells · caliber · muzzle-loading · breech-loading
Relating to church matters
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
apocrypha · deuterocanonical · biblical · synod · council · orthodoxy · heresy · papal
Works of lasting value
- masterworksSupreme creative achievements
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- influentialHaving considerable effect
foundational · homer · syllabus · tradition · literary · essential · timeless · authoritative
principles
Foundational moral beliefs
axioms · decrees · edicts · mandates · criteria · standards · norms · guidelines · protocols · conventions
fugue
Contrapuntal musical form
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
- roundCurved like circle
imitation · voices · entries · subject · inversion · augmentation · mensuration · retrograde · canonic · perpetual
cathedral
Bishop's principal church
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- chapterDivision of a book
- collegiateRelating to universities
ecclesiastic · dean · vestments · benefice · diocese · clerical · ordained · resident · secular
cannons
Large mounted artillery pieces
ordnance · bombardment · siege · gunpowder · ammunition · shells · caliber · muzzle-loading · breech-loading · battery
ecclesiastical
Relating to church matters
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- liturgyFormal worship structure
sacraments · apocrypha · deuterocanonical · biblical · synod · council · orthodoxy · heresy · papal · dogma
classics
Works of lasting value
- masterworksSupreme creative achievements
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
influential · foundational · homer · syllabus · tradition · literary · essential · timeless · authoritative · definitive
- liturgical booksbreviary, missal, lectionary, missals, breviaries
- NicaeaNicene Creed, Athanasius, Constantine I, Arian controversy, Easter date
- Sing-AlongsJingle Bells, Kumbaya, campfire songs, camp songs, karaoke
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
canonsapocrypha
Works of doubtful authenticity
pseudepigrapha · rejected texts · forgeries · fanfiction · headcanon
canonssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · guidelines · whims · improvisations · customs
canonsmarginalia
Notes in page edges
minor works · ephemera · obscurities · pulp · outsider art
- literary canonEstablished important texts
- canonical gospelsAuthorized New Testament quartet
- canon eventPredetermined character-shaping occurrence
- Canon in DBaroque ground bass composition
- canon lawReligious institutional regulations
- Western canonInfluential European literary tradition