Canon

proper nounnounattested in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
The Canon of the Mass.

Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon. * As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”). * As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the ninth and tenth months of the Assyrian calendar, from ܟܢܘܢ ܒ.

noun

1
Title for a canon.
Canon Smith is our new parish priest.
2
Variant of canonAlternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter.

Forms

plural: Canons

canoe · A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people…Canoe · A place name: A community in the city of Salmon Arm, Regional…canon · A generally accepted principle; a rule.

Canon · A surname.

canopy · A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported…cans · breasts cant · An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

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