Phrase Hound found 31 phrases and 21 compound words that contain canon. The most common are listed below. Open canon in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 31
- Canon eos
- canon eventAn unpleasant but unavoidable event which has a significant effect on someone's life or personal development.
- canon lawThe law of the church, religious law.
- Canon PowerShot
- non-canonNot part of canon; outside of the main continuity of a fictional universe.
- Roman CanonThe Canon of the Mass, the oldest anaphora of the Roman rite of the Mass.
- canon lawsplural of canon law: The law of the church, religious law.
- double canonA canon with two simultaneous themes.
- canon lawyerAn expert in canon law
- minor canonA cleric in orders, attached to a cathedral and having the duty of assisting the canons in singing divine service.
- Canon of the MassThe oldest anaphora used in the Roman rite of Mass.
- mirror canonA canon in which the leading voice is played alongside its own inversion, i.e. upside down.
- Stoke CanonA village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9398).
- puzzle canonA canon in which only one voice is notated and the rules for determining the remaining parts and the time intervals of their entrances must be guessed.
- crab canonA contrapuntal composition in which one melody is superimposed on the same melody in reverse
- Canon FromeA hamlet and civil parish (served by Stretton Grandison Group Parish Council) north-east of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO6443).
- Morgan's canonA fundamental precept of comparative animal psychology, stating that an animal's activity should not be interpreted in terms of higher psychological processes if it can be fairly interpreted in terms of simpler developmental processes.
- infinite canonSynonym of perpetual canon: A limited type of canon in which three or more voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different …
- canon eventsplural of canon event: An unpleasant but unavoidable event which has a significant effect on someone's life or personal development.
- soft canonSecondary material, such as official novels based on a television series, that may or may not be regarded as canon.
- perpetual canonA limited type of canon in which three or more voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide …
- riddle canonSynonym of puzzle canon: A canon in which only one voice is notated and the rules for determining the remaining parts and the time intervals of their entrances must be guessed.
- enigma canonSynonym of puzzle canon: A canon in which only one voice is notated and the rules for determining the remaining parts and the time intervals of their entrances must be guessed.
- canon by contrary motionSynonym of mirror canon: A canon in which the leading voice is played alongside its own inversion, i.e. upside down.
- canon boneAlternative spelling of cannon bone: A bone resulting from the fusion of metacarpals or metatarsals in some artiodactyls.
Compound words 21
- canonizeTo declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- fanonA vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
- CanonburyA suburb of London in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3284).
- headcanonElements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual or small group of fans, but not necessarily found within or supported by the official canon.
- canonessA woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
- canonistAn expert in canon law; canon lawyer.
- postcanonPostdating the development of a religious canon.
- precanonPredating the development of a religious canon.
- canoniseNon-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.
- canonisticOf or pertaining to a canonist.