Topic: LITERATURE
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Sense: 1
| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Anglo-French |
| Origin: | canunie, from Late Latin canonicus 'person living under a rule', from Greek, from kanon |
| Date: | 800-900 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | 'ruler, rule, standard', from Greek kanon |
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can‧on
[countable]
[countable]1RRC a Christian priest who has special duties in a cathedral
2 formal a standard, rule, or principle, or set of these, that are believed by a group of people to be right and good
3 formalALAPM
a) a list of books or pieces of music that are officially recognized as being the work of a certain writer : 
the Shakespearean canon
the Shakespearean canonb) all the books that are recognized as being the most important pieces of literature : the literary canon
the literary canon4APM a piece of music in which a tune is started by one singer or instrument and is copied by each of the others
5RRC an established law of the Christian church
