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noun
a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
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a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
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a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
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a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
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a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy
“the neoclassical canon”
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