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canon — can on (k[a^]n [u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw n rule, rod, fr. ka nh, ka nnh, reed. See {Cane}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canon capitular — canon can on (k[a^]n [u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw n rule, rod, fr. ka nh, ka nnh, reed. See {Cane} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canon law — canon can on (k[a^]n [u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw n rule, rod, fr. ka nh, ka nnh, reed. See {Cane} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canon of the Mass — canon can on (k[a^]n [u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw n rule, rod, fr. ka nh, ka nnh, reed. See {Cane} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canon residentiary — canon can on (k[a^]n [u^]n), n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. kanw n rule, rod, fr. ka nh, ka nnh, reed. See {Cane} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canon (music) — In music, a canon is a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure, etc.). The initial melody is called the leader (or dux), while the… … Wikipedia
Canon law (Catholic Church) — This article is part of a series on the Law of the Catholic Church Codes of Canon Law 1983 Code of Canon Law Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches 1917 Code of Canon Law … Wikipedia
Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1395) Well into The CANTERBURY TALES, CHAUCER presents his readers with a surprise. Breaking from the pattern that gives each of the original pilgrims introduced in the GENERAL PROLOGUE a turn to tell a story,… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
perpetual fugues — Infinite In fi*nite, a. [L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See {In } not, and {Finite}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance. [1913 Webster] Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
circular canon — noun 1. : a musical canon in which the subject leads back to its own beginning so that it may be endlessly repeated called also perpetual canon 2. : a canon in which the repetitions modulate through a succession of fifths … Useful english dictionary
