Definition for Canon:

• The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.

Synonyms for Canon:

• n.

  •
  • backup,
  • bebop,
  • ambient,
  • bhangra,
  • literature,
  • backing,
  • blues,
  • bluegrass.
  •
  • background,
  • institute,
  • art.
  •
  • ethics,
  • Standards,
  • morals,
  • conscience.
  •a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art (noun)
  • works,
  • analects,
  • collected works,
  • miscellanea,
  • anthology,
  • classics,
  • ana,
  • library,
  • Chrestomathy,
  • Delectus.
  •canon (noun)
  • canyon.
  •clergy (noun)
  • pope,
  • missionary,
  • reverend,
  • minister,
  • friar,
  • preacher,
  • Canoness,
  • abbess,
  • ecclesiastic,
  • evangelist,
  • chaplain,
  • nun,
  • prioress,
  • bishop,
  • pilgrim,
  • archdeacon,
  • brother,
  • vicar,
  • monk,
  • abbot,
  • cardinal,
  • cleric,
  • clergyman,
  • father,
  • sister,
  • curate,
  • prelate,
  • rector,
  • archpriest,
  • novice,
  • archbishop,
  • pastor,
  • prior.
  •command (noun)
  • requirement.
  •list (noun)
  • screed,
  • checklist.
  •maxim (noun)
  • maxim.
  •rite (noun)
  • marriage,
  • remembrance,
  • initiation,
  • observance,
  • ceremony,
  • celebration,
  • liturgy,
  • service,
  • novena,
  • sacrifice,
  • matrimony,
  • rite,
  • wedlock,
  • christening,
  • nones,
  • mass,
  • revival,
  • transubstantiation,
  • missal,
  • eucharist,
  • baptism,
  • convocation,
  • evensong,
  • holiday,
  • communion,
  • Siddur,
  • last rites,
  • sacrament,
  • confirmation,
  • vesper,
  • ritual,
  • solemnization.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ministry,
  • fr,
  • elder,
  • bishopric,
  • pastoral,
  • dean,
  • sexton,
  • churchman,
  • padre,
  • eminence,
  • parson,
  • oeuvre,
  • deacon,
  • inquisitor,
  • moderator,
  • provost,
  • pontiff,
  • creation,
  • clergy,
  • archbishopric,
  • cloth,
  • masterwork,
  • priesthood,
  • bible,
  • primate,
  • Episcopacy,
  • high priest,
  • patriarch,
  • priestly,
  • deaconess,
  • suffragan.
  •
  • foreground,
  • assemblage,
  • artwork,
  • order,
  • prescription.
  •
  • image.
  •
  • picture.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mandate,
  • holy man,
  • garland,
  • serenade,
  • Residentiary,
  • Barranca,
  • reading,
  • service book,
  • Collectanea,
  • vulgate,
  • moral,
  • Fugato,
  • conventual,
  • guide,
  • stylite,
  • article,
  • papa,
  • cenobite,
  • pass,
  • assumption,
  • institution,
  • strait,
  • choice,
  • gully,
  • civil law,
  • inlet,
  • metropolitan,
  • notch,
  • legislation,
  • rondo,
  • pontifical,
  • furrow,
  • coadjutor,
  • register,
  • Criteria,
  • archetype,
  • imperative,
  • abyss,
  • canon law,
  • jus gentium,
  • lay brother,
  • norm,
  • law of nature,
  • ecclesiastical law,
  • prebend,
  • dictum,
  • LEX SCRIPTA,
  • cardinal deacon,
  • Euchologion,
  • garden,
  • ruling,
  • ideal,
  • statute law,
  • fiat,
  • roster,
  • administrative law,
  • schedule,
  • constitution,
  • model,
  • church dignitary,
  • stage direction,
  • roundelay,
  • commandment,
  • sample,
  • degree,
  • decree,
  • guru,
  • Abra,
  • penitentiary,
  • value,
  • benchmark,
  • teaching,
  • clove,
  • capitular,
  • working principle,
  • beadsman,
  • cardinal bishop,
  • miscellany,
  • position,
  • hierarch,
  • example,
  • grounds,
  • beauties,
  • truism,
  • enactment,
  • Lex,
  • norma,
  • catch,
  • rondeau,
  • charge,
  • working rule,
  • gulf,
  • readout,
  • injunction,
  • omnibus,
  • Euchology,
  • revivalist,
  • canon regular,
  • rondelet,
  • Subdean,
  • ayatollah,
  • set form,
  • Pandect,
  • assize,
  • paragon,
  • imam,
  • beau,
  • rabbi,
  • Antipope,
  • scrapbook,
  • given,
  • troll,
  • florilegium,
  • reverence,
  • Crown law,
  • breviary,
  • prebendary,
  • compilation,
  • abysm,
  • opinion,
  • virginal,
  • article of faith,
  • fugue,
  • menu,
  • view,
  • album,
  • touchstone,
  • check,
  • Abuna,
  • palmer,
  • crevasse,
  • incumbent,
  • legislature,
  • parenthesis,
  • perpetual curate,
  • barometer,
  • table,
  • Pillarist,
  • standing order,
  • test,
  • gorge,
  • parameter,
  • dictate,
  • divine,
  • directive,
  • testament,
  • rural dean,
  • Exarch,
  • axiom,
  • roll,
  • economy,
  • symposium,
  • law of nations,
  • mitzvah,
  • technicality,
  • tabulation,
  • thesis,
  • international law,
  • registry,
  • control,
  • Lectionary,
  • plebiscite,
  • sacristan,
  • concept,
  • catalog,
  • act,
  • litany,
  • proposition,
  • Ordonnance,
  • instruction,
  • church law,
  • yardstick,
  • incompleteness,
  • ordinal,
  • byelaw,
  • round,
  • Farse,
  • lecturer,
  • Frith,
  • JUS,
  • pattern,
  • barranco,
  • flowers,
  • diocesan,
  • propagandist,
  • bill,
  • criminal law,
  • cannon,
  • decalogue,
  • clergywoman,
  • fundamental,
  • cardinal priest,
  • complete works,
  • rubric,
  • scale,
  • gauge,
  • reader,
  • charter,
  • Jus Civile,
  • quantity,
  • gulch,
  • polity,
  • absence,
  • machzor,
  • Interjacence,
  • collection,
  • type,
  • postulate,
  • lex mercatoria,
  • churchwoman,
  • viewpoint,
  • dithyramb,
  • mendicant,
  • dictation,
  • belief,
  • catalogue,
  • manual,
  • presbyter,
  • theory,
  • Ecclesiarch,
  • truth,
  • credo,
  • defile,
  • beneficiary,
  • By-law,
  • photograph album,
  • corpus juris,
  • idea,
  • conviction.

Paraphrases for Canon:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    canonical.
  • Proper noun, singular
    canonical.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    barrel, knockout.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    following, taking.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    cannon.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cannon.

Antonyms for Canon:

• n.

  • rule, edict
    lawlessness, unbelief, disorganization.

Homophones for Canon:

• Cannan, cannon.

Hypernym for Canon:

• n.

  • communication
    enigmatic canon, riddle canon, enigmatical canon, enigma canon.
  • person
    prebendary.

Hyponym for Canon:

• n.

  • communication
    musical composition, piece, scripture, opus, piece of music, sacred scripture, rule, listing, composition, list, prescript.
  • person
    priest.