canon.
canon, ecclesiastical title; member of canonry/cathedral chapter, Augustinian; canon/norm/rule; part of Mass; catalog/list; model; [~ Santorum => Saints list]; catalog of sacred writings admitted by rule, the_Canon; cannon/guns (pl.); sounding-board/channel of water organ; model/standard; measuring line, rule;
Meaning & usage
a measuring line
precept, rule, canon
a yearly tribute paid to the emperor; (Medieval Latin, by extension) a periodic payment
authorized catalog, especially of books of the Bible or of the saints
decree of a church synod
the Canon of the Mass
relic
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה (qaneh, “reed”)).
a cannon (artillery)
Where this word comes from
From canna (“pipe”), compare Italian cannone and Old French canon.
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