canon : Idioms & Phrases

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Apostolic canons

  • a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries.
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Apostolical canons

  • . See under Apostolical.
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Augustinian canons

  • noun an Augustinian monastic order
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  • an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons.
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Augustinian canons, Black canons

  • . See under Augustinian.
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canon bit

Can"on bit`
Etymology
F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule.
Definitions
  1. That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
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canon bone

Can"on bone`
Etymology
F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule. See canon.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.
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Canon capitular, Canon residentiary

  • a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year).
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Canon law

  • noun the body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church
    ecclesiastical law.
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  • . See under Law.
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Canon of the Mass

  • (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes.
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enigma canon

  • noun a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
    enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; enigma canon.
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enigmatic canon

  • noun a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
    enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; enigma canon.
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enigmatical canon

  • noun a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
    enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; enigma canon.
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Honorary canon

  • a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours.
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Minor canon

  • (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.
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Regular canon

  • (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon.
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riddle canon

  • noun a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
    enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; enigma canon.
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Sacred canon

  • . See Canon, n., 3.
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Secular canon

  • (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours.
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White canon

  • (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
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