Look up: canon

1. canon
   literally, 'rule'; a technique in which one line is repeated in its entirety by another following a pre-established rule (e.g. 'wait four beats then play the melody starting at the same pitch'). The instructions do not have to be written out--they can be left as a puzzle for the performer to solve.
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2. Canon
   Body of work considered to represent the highest literary standards.
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3. canon
   [n] - a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter 2. [n] - a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts 3. [n] - a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or p...
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4. Canon
   A body of writing that is recognised by authority. Books of holy scripture accepted by religious leaders as genuine are cannonical, as are works of a literary author which are regarded by scholars as authentic. The canon of a national literature is the body of writings particularly approved by criti...
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5. Canon
   Type of composition in which one musical line strictly imitates another at a fixed distance throughout.
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6. canon
   In theology, the collection of writings that is accepted as authoritative in a given religion, such as the Tripitaka in Theravada Buddhism. In the Christian church, it comprises the...
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7. canon
   In the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, a type of priest. Canons, headed by the dean, are attached to a cathedral and constitute the chapter. Originally, in the Catholic Church, a canon was a...
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8. Canon
   A standard of judgement or authority; in art history usually refers to a group of works accepted to have been produced by a particular artist or school
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9. canon
   the four rules of taxation:equity,certainty,convenience and economy,set forth by Adam Smith in his 'Wealth of Nations' Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • Descent according to the common law meant either literally the common law,or(more usually)the common law as altered by...
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10. Canon
    The Canon of Scripture in Christianity refers to the set of books selected from among the books of the Hebrew Scriptures, the dozens of gospels, and many dozens of epistles, to form the Bible. Some canons contain just the 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and 27 books in the Christia...
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11. Canon
    Can'on noun [ Middle English canon , canoun , Anglo-Saxon canon rule (cf. French canon , Late Latin canon , and, for sense 7, French chanoine , Late Latin canonicus ), from Latin canon a measuri...
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12. canon
    noun a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; `the neoclassical canon`; `canons of polite society`
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13. canon
    noun a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
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14. Canon
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank. • (n.) A ...
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15. canon
    (from the article `Christianity`) ...often revived. The other new moment began in the 12th century when new forms of religious life burst on the scene, especially among monks and ... ...the same with six red tassels on each side. A domestic prelate has a purple hat with six purple tassels on each side, and a privy chamberlain a ... ....
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16. canon
    (from the article `scripture`) Types of sacred literature vary in authority and degree of sacredness. The centrally important and most holy of the sacred texts have in many ... Old Testament canon, texts, and versionsNew Testament canon, texts, and versions...the Christian biblical canon took shape, Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria, in h...
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17. Canon
    (from the article `Penderecki, Krzysztof`) Penderecki`s Canon for 52 strings (1962) made use of polyphonic techniques (based on interwoven melodies) known to Renaissance composers. Yet he also ...
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18. Canon
    (from the article `Polyclitus`) ...(c. 450–440 ; `Spear Bearer`), the latter work being known as the `Canon` (Greek: Kanon) because it was the illustration of his book by that name. ...
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19. canon
    musical form and compositional technique, based on the principle of strict imitation, in which an initial melody is imitated at a specified time ... [2 related articles]
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20. Canon
    Canon is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Holy Text` Alternative meanings (German) Holy Text This word is derived from a Hebrew and Greek word denoting a reed or cane. Hence it means something straight, or something to keep straight; and hence also a rule, or something ruled or measu...
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21. Canon
    A canon is 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.
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22. canon
    someone's list of authors or works considered to be 'classic,' that is, central to the identity of a given literary tradition or culture.
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23. canon
    canon, in music, a type of counterpoint employing the strictest form of imitation. All the voices of a canon have the same melody, beginning at different times. Successive entrances may be at the same or at different pitches. Another form of canon is the circle canon, or round, e.g., Sumer Is Icumen...
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24. canon
    canon, in Christianity, in the Roman Catholic Church, decrees of church councils are usually called canons; since the Council of Trent the expression has been especially reserved to dogmatic pronouncements of ecumenical councils. The body of ratified conciliar canons is a large part of the legislati...
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25. Canon
    (Gr. kanon, rule) A term reminiscent of the arts and crafts, sometimes applied, since Epicurus who replaced the ancient dialectics by a canonics (kanonike), to any norm or rule which the logical process obeys. Thus John Stuart Mill speaks of five experimental methods as being regulated by certain ca...
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