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The group of works that are officially accepted as important or genuine in a certain area - the 'literary canon' is the list of books considered classic and essential. In religion, 'canon law' is the official set of church rules. Among fans of a movie, show, or book series, 'canon' means the events that officially happened in the story, as opposed to fan-made ideas.
經典之作、正典;(宗教)教規;(粉絲用語)官方正史/設定
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Canonname
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A surname.
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CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismThe Canon of the Mass.
Canonnoun
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ChristianityTitle for a canon.
- Canon Smith is our new parish priest.
canonnoun詞源 1/ˈkæn.ən/
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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
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A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- the Canon of Polykleitos
- Despite the many advances made by modern scholars towards a clearer comprehension of the theoretical basis of the Canon of Polykleitos, the results of these studies show an absence of any general agreement upon the practical application of that canon in works of art.
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A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- Russo had been working as a salesman, selling Great Books of the Western World, hawking the canon to the rubes.
- the durable canon of American short fiction
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The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- the entire Shakespearean canon
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A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
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A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- We must proceed according to canon law.
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A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
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In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
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A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
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lawA rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- The lessees of public lands had to pay a perpetual rent or "canon" at some periodical time.
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slanglifestyleThe officially recognized continuity, events, characters, relationships, etc. of a work of fiction.
- 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.
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datedmediaprintingpublishingA large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
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The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
canonnoun詞源 2
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A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- The records show that in the early 960s the cathedral at Winchester was administered by a group of canons, every one of whom was married.
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A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。