Noun

(en noun)

A generally accepted principle; a rule.

The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.

* Shakespeare

Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.

(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

(turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

the entire Shakespeare canon

A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.

A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

We must proceed according to canon law.

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.

(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.

A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .

(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.

a canon of beef or lamb

(printing) The largest size of type with a specific name, formerly used for printing the canons of the church.

(senseid)The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

(Knight)

(billiards) A carom.

Noun

(en noun)

In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

*, chapter=12

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}

*{{quote-book, year=1997, author=(Frank Muir), chapter=1, isbn=0552141372

, title= A Kentish Lad , passage=For this [annual choir outing] the vicar traditionally hired a brake, an ancient, Edwardian, horse-drawn, bus-like vehicle which had plodded along for many years between Ramsgate and Pegwell Bay, carrying passengers who were in no hurry, until it became so unroadworthy that no horse could be persuaded to pull it on a regular basis.}}

In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.

A person acting on behalf of, or is representing another person.