Canon

Canon (Latin canon from Greek κανών "measuring rod, standard") may refer to any standard or convention. The corresponding adjective is canonical. English canon may also represent Latin canonicus "one who is canonical".

Canon (basic principle)
- Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
- Chinese classics or Chinese canonical texts
- Canon of Dutch Literature, list of the most important Dutch literary works

Music

Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
Pachelbel's Canon

Visual arts

Aesthetic canon, a rule for the proportions of a human figure
Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged

Literature

The Canon, nonfiction science book by Natalie Angier
The Western Canon (book), book on the Western canon by Harold Bloom
Canon (fiction), material that is considered to be genuine by a fan base

Religion

Canon law, the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority
- Canon law (Catholic Church)
- Canonization, the process of declaring a person to be a Saint
Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters
Biblical canon
Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
Penitential canons
Taoist canon or Daozang
Pāli Canon
Chinese Buddhist canon
Tibetan Buddhist canon
Tanakh, sometimes referred to as the Jewish Bible Canon

As a proper noun, Canon may also refer to:

Toponymy

Canon, Georgia, a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States
Cañon or canyon, a deep valley between cliffs

Brands and Products

Canon (company), a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation; produces Canon cameras
Canon Communications, a media company headquartered in Los Angeles
Canon (game), an online browser-based strategy war game
Canon (manga), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi
Château Canon (disambiguation), one of a number of wineries

Famous quotes containing the word canon:

“There is a Canon which confines
A Rhymed Octosyllabic Curse
If written in Iambic Verse
To fifty lines.”
—Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)

“O! that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew;
Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d
His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world.
Fie on’t! O fie! ‘tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed;”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The greatest block today in the way of woman’s emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)

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