canon
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentariusExamples: "The lessees of public lands had to pay a perpetual rent or "canon" at some periodical time."Romancountableuncountable
2. (chiefly fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymic) these sources' content.Examples: "A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon."; "Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax."slanguncountable
3. (cooking) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”).Examples: "a canon of beef or lamb"alt-ofalternativecountableuncountable
4. (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.Synonyms: French canondateduncountable
adj (English)
1. (fandom slang) Clipping of canonical.Examples: "The franchise's book spinoff is usually not considered canon."Antonyms: non-canonabbreviationalt-ofclippingslang
noun (English)
1. (obsolete, now a misspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”).alt-ofalternativeobsolete
name (English)
1. (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.with-definite-article
noun (English)
1. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter.alt-of
2. (Christianity) Title for a canon.Examples: "Canon Smith is our new parish priest."
Definition source: Wiktionary