Alternative spelling of qanun

(obsolete, now a misspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”) / Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”)

(Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter. / (Christianity) Title for a canon.

A generally accepted principle; a rule. / a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.

A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church. / A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

canonical

(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

plural of canon

(chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. / (figuratively) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.

plural of canonicity