Meaning of canon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a measuring line
   declension-3
2. a cannon (artillery)
   Medieval-Latin, declension-3
3. precept, rule, canon
   declension-3, figuratively
4. a yearly tribute paid to the emperor; (Medieval Latin, by extension) a periodic payment
   declension-3
5. authorized catalog, especially of books of the Bible or of the saints
   Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3
6. decree of a church synod
   Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3
7. the Canon of the Mass
   Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3
8. relic
   Medieval-Latin, declension-3

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