Definition of Canons. Meaning of Canons. Synonyms of Canons

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Definition of Canons

Canon
Canon Ca*[~n]on", n. [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. ca[~n]a reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.] A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]

Meaning of Canons from wikipedia

- Look up canon or Canon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canon or Canons may refer to: Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by...
- this change were known as Augustinians or Canons Regular, whilst those who did not were known as secular canons. In the Latin Church, the members of the...
- biblical canons, although the majority of m****cripts are shared in common. Different religious groups include different books in their biblical canons, in...
- houses of canons (often referred to as an abbey or canonry) than monasteries of monks. All canons regular are to be distinguished from secular canons who belong...
- taken by the state called leges, Latin for laws. The Apostolic Canons or Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical...
- Wikisource has an English translation of the Canons of Dort. The Canons of Dort, or Canons of Dordrecht, formally titled The Decision of the Synod of...
- The Apostolic Canons, also called Apostolic canons (Latin: Canones apostolorum, "Canons of the Apostles"), Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles...
- Stravinsky composed canons, including a Canon on a Russian Po****r Tune and the Double Canon. Conlon Nancarrow composed a number of canons for player piano...
- in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded...
- The Canons of Hippolytus is a Christian text composed of 38 decrees ("canons") of the genre of the Church Orders. The work has been dated to between 336...