Synonyms for canon
ˈkæn əncanon

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1. canon

   Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.

   Synonyms:
   code, command, commandment, decree, economy, edict, enactment, formula, jurisprudence, law, legislation, mandate, order, ordinance, polity, principle, regulation, rule, statute

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1. canon

   Synonyms:
   rule, measure, regulation, test, law

   Antonyms:
   misguidance, antinomy, irregularity, misrule

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1. canonnoun

   a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

   "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"

   Synonyms:
   canyon

2. canonnoun

   a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

   Synonyms:
   canyon

3. canyon, canonnoun

   a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

   Synonyms:
   canyon

4. canonnoun

   a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

   Synonyms:
   canyon

5. canonnoun

   a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

   Synonyms:
   canyon

6. canonnoun

   a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

   Synonyms:
   canyon

Matched Categories

1. • List
   • Musical Composition
   • Priest
   • Ravine
   • Scripture

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1. canonnoun

   Synonyms:
   rule (especially in ecclesiastical matters), law, formula, formulary

2. canonnoun

   Synonyms:
   received books of scripture, canonical books

3. canonnoun

   Synonyms:
   catalogue of saints

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1. canonnoun

   Synonyms:
   law, rule, regulation

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1. List of paraphrases for "canon":

   cannon, barrel, canonical, gun, hot, hottie, gorgeous, muzzle, knockout

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How to use canon in a sentence?

1. Philippa Boyens:

   We have probably committed atrocities with the canon.

2. Hans Zollner:

   This meeting is not just about nice words and a change of cultures, we also need something that clarifies what happens to a bishop if he doesn't comply with canon law and enforce it.

3. Prime Minister Enda Kenny:

   His mythical stories from Ballybeg reached all corners of the world from Dublin to London to Broadway and onto the silver screen, all of his plays, including' Translations',' Faith Healer',' Philadelphia, Here I Come !' and' Dancing at Lughnasa', will forever form part of the canon of greatness in dramatic writing.

4. Toshiba CEO Masashi Muromachi:

   We wanted, somehow, to recover our shareholders' equity, in the midst of this, there was this wonderful proposal from Canon.

5. Sally Langston:

   I would rather get shot in the face with a canon on my birthday.