English Dictionary

canon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkæn.ən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 ラテン文字 俗語 古風

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

日本語の意味

一般に受け入れられている原則、または規則 / 特定の芸術様式（特に具象表現のスタイル）において必須とされる明確に定義された基準

Adopting honesty as a canon of his reporting, he refused to publish unverified claims.

彼は報道における原則として誠実さを採り、確認されていない主張を掲載することを拒んだ。

意味（1）

A generally accepted principle; a rule.

意味（2）

a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.

the Canon of Polykleitos

意味（3）

A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

the durable canon of American short fiction

意味（4）

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

the entire Shakespearean canon

意味（5）

A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.

意味（6）

A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

We must proceed according to canon law.

意味（7）

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

意味（8）

In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

意味（9）

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.

意味（10）

(Roman law) A 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.

意味（11）

(fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.

A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.

意味（12）

(cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called a cannon.

a canon of beef or lamb

意味（13）

(printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.

意味（14）

The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

canons （ plural ）