canon
noun
/ˈkæn.ən/
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- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- (chiefly, _, fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content.
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Kanon
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- (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
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Missal
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canon
noun
/ˈkæn.ən/
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- A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
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Kanoniker,
Chorherr,
Kanonikus,
Stiftsherr
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canonization
noun
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- (Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
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Heiligsprechung
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canonize
verb
/ˈkænənaɪz/
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/ˈkænəˌnaɪz/
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- (chiefly, Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
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heiligsprechen
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canonical
adjective
/kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/
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/kəˈnɒn.ə.kəl/
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/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/
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/kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kəl/
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[kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kl̩]
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[kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩]
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[kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kl̩]
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[kəˈnɔ̟n.ə.kl̩]
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- Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
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kanonisch
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canonicity
noun
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- The degree to which something is canonical.
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Kanonizität
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