Canonization vs Canon - What's the difference?
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The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
The state of being canonized or sainted.
A generally accepted principle; a rule.
* Shakespeare
(literary) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
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.
(fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
(cookery) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
(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.
(billiards) A carom.
Canon is a derived term of canonization.
As nouns the difference between canonization and canon
is that canonization is the final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation while canon is a generally accepted principle; a rule.canonization
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* canonisation UKNoun
(wikipedia canonization) (en noun)canon
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(wikipedia canon)Noun
(en noun)- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- (turn into real quote) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- Pachelbel’s ''Canon'' has become very popular.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon .
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (Knight)