canons in English

noun

1

a general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged.

the appointment violated the canons of fair play and equal opportunity

synonyms: principle, rule, law, tenet, precept, standard, convention, criterion, measure

2

a collection or list of sacred books accepted as genuine.

the formation of the biblical canon

3

(in the Roman Catholic Church) the part of the Mass containing the words of consecration.

Do you accept the presider's invitation to join him in the sanctuary for the canon of the Mass ?

4

a piece in which the same melody is begun in different parts successively, so that the imitations overlap.

‘River’ creates a big piece from a small idea, propelling a simple melody into rounds and canons that imitate the flowing, winding object of the song's title.

5

a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral, especially one who is a member of the chapter. The position is frequently conferred as an honorary one.

After 15 years, he returned as parish priest to Beverley, during which time he was made a canon of the cathedral chapter in 1982.

noun

principle, rule, law, tenet, precept, standard, convention, criterion, measure
law, decree, edict, statute, dictate, decretal
list of works, works, writings, oeuvre
canyon

Use "canons" in a sentence

1. Eduskunta huarachos canons ophiophagous Anterethic preshown ratifier tournee

2. Mapplethorpe's pictures offended the canons of American good taste.

3. The order of Augustinian Canons was founded in the 11th century

4. Abondance, MONASTERY OF Former house of canons regular of st

5. The emperor also confirmed and implemented the canons adopted in council.

6. Keywords: Pope Innocent III, Constantinople, Theodore Balsamon, Harmony of Discordant Canons

7. It should be included in the canons of a polite society.

8. Canonical definition, pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons

9. (Generally called Augustinians and not to be confounded with the Augustinian Canons)

10. This form of banking revolves around several well-established principles based on Islamic canons.

11. The form of canons is important, especially if we want to avoid brevity.

12. Subsequent orders of canons regular, such as the Premonstratensians, are outgrowths of the Augustinians

13. In addition to his keyboard compositions, he wrote verse anthems, canons and other works.

14. Within the limits of the canons' active pastoral life, Chrodegang stressed the communal liturgy.

15. The Apostolical constitutions; or, Canons of the apostles, in Coptic by Tattam, Henry, 1789-1868

16. Subsequent orders of canons regular, such as the Premonstratensians, are outgrowths of the Augustinians

17. Augustinian canons pursue a life of poverty, celibacy, and obedience without withdrawing from the world

18. More specifically, the name is used to designate members of the Augustinian Canons and the Augustinian …

19. 20 Within the limits of the canons' active pastoral life, Chrodegang stressed the communal liturgy.

20. Augustinians, members of religious orders following the Rule of St Augustine; Augustinianism, the teachings of Augustine of Hippo and his intellectual heirs; Someone who follows Augustine of Hippo; Canons Regular of Saint Augustine also called "Augustinian Canons" or "Austin Canons"; Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant order, also called "Augustinian Friars" or

21. Augustinian canons pursue a life of poverty, celibacy, and obedience without withdrawing from the world

22. 27 This means, in the two preview episodes, brushing away canons of ethics like cobwebs.

23. Priests in religious orders do not usually wear Birettas, though the canons of the Order of Prémontré wear a white biretta and the black biretta is also part of the habit of some other congregations of Canons Regular

24. Henry 1 granted the charter for the fairs to the Augustinian canons at Nostell Priory in 1

25. Rules, or canons, were also established for the recital of prayers at definite times of the day.

26. Zora Neale Hurston’s recovered masterpiece, “Barracoon,” is a stunning addition to several overlapping canons of American literature

27. To champion Consociation normatively, but to do so carefully, respect-ing the canons and protocols of scrupulous political science

28. The Abbey was first used as a priory by Augustinian canons regular, becoming a full abbey in 1235.

29. Assurance comes from “a serious and holy pursuit of a clear conscience and of good works” (Canons of Dort 5.10)

30. The Crosiers are members of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, one the Roman Catholic

31. Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was undoubtedly impressive.It had room for 300 men and at least 40 canons.

32. These Archdeacons were generally priests, either canons of the cathedral or provosts of the principal (collegiate) churches in small towns

33. [2]In his "Scholia", Balsamon insists on existing laws, and dwells on the relation between canons and laws — ecclesiastical and

34. Students begin to investigate various Choreographic forms exploring narrative form, binary form, ternary form, rondo form and the use of canons

35. We are Crosiers, members of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, dedicated to the spirituality of the glorious Cross

36. The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and no burden ought to be imposed on the dying, according to them.

37. The Crosiers or Brethren of the Cross or crutched friars is a general name for several loosely related Catholic orders, mostly canons regular

38. The "Protonotarii Apostolici supranumerarii", a dignity to which only the canons of the three Roman patriarchal churches (the Lateran, St

39. A government agent, familiar with the Aeonist canons, might well know how to detect the signs if I used it against him

40. Originally a chapter of secular canons, the Braine Abbey was given to the Premonstratensian order by the Bishop of Soissons in 1130.

41. Canonesses regular are congregations of religious women similar to the canons regular, following the Rule of Saint Augustine, sometimes modified according to local conditIons

42. This “Churching of Women” originated from the Canons of Hippolytus, a 4th century (possibly 5th c) list of church regulations that originated from Egypt

43. Eugenio Tosi, flanked by Monsignors Buttafava and Balbiani, Canons of the cathedral chapter; the clerics to either side carry their Birrettas and capes

44. But in all the canons, it is the first option which is given, with the indication that there are other acclamations (aliae Acclamationes)

45. The Crosiers are members of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross, one the Roman Catholic Church’s oldest religious orders

46. The canons of the synod condemned and Anathematised the practices of: the condemnation of marriage; forbidding the eating of most forms of meat

47. To affirm that the "Apostolical Canons" were a collection of canons made by the Apostles would be about as sensible as to affirm that the "Psalterium Davidicum" [559] was a collection of his own psalms made by David, or that the "Proverbs of Solomon" was a collection of proverbs made by Solomon.

48. Boorish, oafish, rude, uncouth all describe persons, acts, manners, or mannerisms that violate in some way the generally accepted canons of polite, considerate behavior.

49. Academism made possible the systemization of artistic education and the strengthening of classical tradition, which were transformed into a system of “eternal” canons and instructions

50. The synod condemned Manichaeans, and their practices.The concluding canons of the Synod condemned the Manichaeans for their actions, and declared many of their practices Anathematised.