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canon

[kan-uhn] / ˈkæn ən /


NOUN
a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art
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Many men are in what has become a kind of Canon Français uniform of berets and braces.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Canon ended up giving him another $40 million lest the previous $100 million be lost in bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Appeared in the May 7, 2026, print edition as 'Greek Tragedy’s Untapped Canon'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Reverend Canon Dr Giles Fraser said that he saw blood on the church altar and floor, and discovered that two brass candlesticks had been taken.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

He was trying to boil them down, from Customary, Canon and Roman law, into a single code which he hoped to call the Civil one.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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