名词

1. (大教堂的)咏礼司铎
A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.

2. 精品集;真作集
A canon of texts is a list of them that is accepted as genuine or important.

3. 规范;规则;原则
A canon is a general rule or principle.

1. a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

2. a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

3. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

e.g. the neoclassical canon
canons of polite society

4. a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

5. a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

Synonym: canyon

6. a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter