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Definition of canon
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Canon (n.) 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..
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Canon
::
Canon (n.) 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..
Saint
::
Saint (v. t.) To make a saint of; to
enroll
among the
saints
by an
offical
act, as of the pope; to
canonize;
to give the title or
reputation
of a saint to (some
one)..
Interstice
::
Interstice
(n.) An
interval
of time;
specifically
(R. C. Ch.), in the
plural,
the
intervals
which the canon law
requires
between
the
reception
of the
various
degrees
of
orders..
Sext
::
Sext (n.) The
office
for the sixth
canonical
hour, being a part of the
Breviary..
Quadragene
::
Quadragene
(n.) An
indulgence
of forty days,
corresponding
to the forty days of
ancient
canonical
penance..
Codex
::
Codex (n.) A
collection
of
canons.
Decretal
::
Decretal
(a.) An
authoritative
order or
decree;
especially,
a
letter
of the pope,
determining
some point or
question
in
ecclesiastical
law. The
decretals
form the
second
part of the canon law..
Protocanonical
::
Protocanonical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the first
canon,
or that which
contains
the
authorized
collection
of the books of
Scripture;
--
opposed
to
deutero-canonical..
Canonize
::
Canonize
(v. t.) To
declare
(a
deceased
person)
a
saint;
to put in the
catalogue
of
saints;
as,
Thomas
a
Becket
was
canonized..
Purgation
::
Purgation
(n.) The
clearing
of one's self from a crime of which one was
publicly
suspected
and
accused.
It was
either
canonical,
which was
prescribed
by the canon law, the form
whereof
used in the
spiritual
court was, that the
person
suspected
take his oath that he was clear of the
matter
objected
against
him, and bring his
honest
neighbors
with him to make oath that they
believes
he swore
truly;
or
vulgar,
which was by fire or water
ordeal,
or by
combat.
See
Ordeal..
Canonization
::
Canonization
(n.) The final
process
or
decree
(following
beatifacation)
by which the name of a
deceased
person
is
placed
in the
catalogue
(canon)
of
saints
and
commended
to
perpetual
veneration
and
invocation.
Canonically
::
Canonically
(adv.)
In a
canonical
manner;
according
to the
canons.
Illuminati
::
Illuminati
(v. t.)
Members
of
certain
associations
in
Modern
Europe,
who
combined
to
promote
social
reforms,
by which they
expected
to raise men and
society
to
perfection,
esp. of one
originated
in 1776 by Adam
Weishaupt,
professor
of canon law at
Ingolstadt,
which
spread
rapidly
for a time, but
ceased
after a few
years..
Maccabees
::
Maccabees
(n. pl.) The name of two
ancient
historical
books,
which give
accounts
of
Jewish
affairs
in or about the time of the
Maccabean
princes,
and which are
received
as
canonical
books in the Roman
Catholic
Church,
but are
included
in the
Apocrypha
by
Protestants.
Also
applied
to three
books,
two of which are found in some MSS. of the
Septuagint..
Uncanonize
::
Uncanonize
(v. t.) To
reduce
from the rank of a
canonized
saint.
Breviary
::
Breviary
(n.) A book
containing
the daily
public
or
canonical
prayers
of the Roman
Catholic
or of the Greek
Church
for the seven
canonical
hours,
namely,
matins
and
lauds,
the
first,
third,
sixth,
and ninth
hours,
vespers,
and
compline;
--
distinguished
from the
missal..
Canon
::
Canon (n.) The
largest
size of type
having
a
specific
name; -- so
called
from
having
been used for
printing
the
canons
of the
church.
Catch
::
Catch (n.) A
humorous
canon or
round,
so
contrived
that the
singers
catch up each
other's
words..
Residentiary
::
Residentiary
(a.)
Having
residence;
as, a canon
residentary;
a
residentiary
guardian..
Antilegomena
::
Antilegomena
(n. pl.)
Certain
books of the New
Testament
which were for a time not
universally
received,
but which are now
considered
canonical.
These are the
Epistle
to the
Hebrews,
the
Epistles
of James and Jude, the
second
Epistle
of
Peter,
the
second
and third
Epistles
of John, and the
Revelation.
The
undisputed
books are
called
the
Homologoumena..
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