Canon



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 经典, 真作
• ［英］ n. 经典, 真作 ( the works that are genuine)
• ［类］ 反义词: apocrypha ( 伪经)
• ［同］ 近形词: cannon ( 大炮)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Latin, ruler, rule, model, standard, from Greek kanōn
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council
  • b. a provision of canon law
• 2. \［Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin, from Latin, model\］ the most solemn and unvarying part of the Mass including the consecration of the bread and wine
• 3. \［Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, standard\］
  • a. an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture
  • b. the authentic works of a writer
  • c. a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works <the canon of great literature
• 4.
  • a. an accepted principle or rule
  • b. a criterion or standard of judgment
  • c. a body of principles, rules, standards, or norms
• 5. \［Late Greek kanōn, from Greek, model\］ a contrapuntal musical composition in which each successively entering voice presents the initial theme usually transformed in a strictly consistent way
• Synonyms: see law

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English canoun, from Anglo-French *canoun, chanoun, from Late Latin canonicus one living under a rule, from Latin, according to rule, from Greek kanonikos, from kanōn
• Date: 13th century
• 1. a clergyman belonging to the chapter or the staff of a cathedral or collegiate church
• 2. canon regular

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