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.

The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures,
called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty,
given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical
Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.

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

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

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

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. See Imitation.

The largest size of type having a specific name; – so
called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; – called also
ear and shank.

See Carom.