Definition of canon

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Canon (n.) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Quadragene :: Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance..
Classicalist :: Classicalist (n.) One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.
Canon :: Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.
Canonicalness :: Canonicalness (n.) The quality of being canonical; canonicity.
Infinite :: Infinite (a.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated..
Matin :: Matin (n.) Time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the Roman Catholic Church.
Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of the blessed and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized..
Canonry :: Canonry (n. pl.) A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Sext :: Sext (n.) The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary..
Canon Bit :: Canon bit () That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour..
Reservation :: Reservation (n.) A term of canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to certain benefices..
Canonist :: Canonist (n.) A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
Prime :: Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds..
Canonization :: Canonization (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.
Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.
Revelation :: Revelation (n.) Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse..
Talmud :: Talmud (n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.
Canonicity :: Canonicity (n.) The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.
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