canon

名词 canon:

1. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy
2. a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
3. a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
   同义词：canyon
4. a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
5. a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
6. a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

1. An administrative act applying or interpreting articles of canon law.
   教令实施或解释教会法律条文的管理法案
2. This is the canon of Scripture.
   这是圣经的真经。
3. She kept the canon of Shakespeare.
   她保存着莎士比亚的真本。

canon

n.Abbr. can.（名词）缩写 can.
An ecclesiastical law or code of laws established by a church council.
教规：由教会确定的法律或法典
A secular law, rule, or code of law.
世俗法规：世俗的法律、制度或法典

An established principle:
准绳：已确立的原则：
例句：
the canons of polite society.
文明社会的法规

A basis for judgment; a standard or criterion.
标准：判断的依据；标准或原则
The books of the Bible officially accepted as Holy Scripture.
真经：被官方接受为圣经的圣经篇目
The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic:
真实著作，真本：一个作家被确认为真作的所有作品：
例句：
the entire Sherlock Holmes canon.
完整的夏洛克·福尔摩斯著作

Canon The part of the Mass beginning after the Preface and Sanctus and ending just before the Lord`s Prayer.
Canon 弥撒中的祭献经文：弥撒中始于序言和《圣哉经》之后，结束于主祷经之前的一个部分
The calendar of saints accepted by the Roman Catholic Church.
为罗马天主教会所公认的圣徒名单
Music A composition or passage in which the same melody is repeated by one or more voices, overlapping in time in the same or a related key.
【音乐】 卡农，卡农曲：一首乐曲或乐段，其中同样的旋律被一个或多个声部重复，同一调或相关调彼此在时间上重合

来源：
Middle English canoun
中古英语 canoun
from Old English canon
源自 古英语 canon
and from Old French
并源自 古法语
both from Latin canôn [rule]
都源自 拉丁语 canôn [规则]
from Greek kanôn [measuring rod, rule]
源自 希腊语 kanôn [测量用的棒，尺子]

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n.（名词）
A member of a chapter of priests serving in a cathedral or collegiate church.
大教堂教士：大教堂或联合教堂中全体教士会的一员
A member of certain religious communities living under a common rule and bound by vows.
教士会会员：按照一种共同的教规生活并且受到其宣誓约束的某些宗教团体的成员

来源：
Middle English canoun
中古英语 canoun
from Norman French canun
源自 诺曼法语 canun
from Late Latin canônicus [one living under a rule]
源自 后期拉丁语 canônicus [按照一种规则生活的人]
from canôn [rule] * see canon
源自 canôn [规则] *参见 canon