| 单词 | canon |
| 释义 | canon n. 1. a a general law, rule, principle, or criterion. b a church decree or law. 2. (fem. canoness) a a member of a cathedral chapter. b a member of certain RC orders. 3. a a collection or list of sacred books etc. accepted as genuine. b the recognized genuine works of a particular author; a list of these. 4. the part of the Roman Catholic Mass containing the words of consecration. 5. Mus. a piece with different parts taking up the same theme successively, either at the same or at a different pitch. Phrases and idioms canon law ecclesiastical law. canon regular (or regular canon) see REGULAR adj. 9b. Etymology: OE f. L f. Gk kanon, in ME also f. AF & OF canun, -on; in sense 2 ME f. OF canonie f. eccl.L canonicus: cf. CANONICAL |
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