canon

1. (countable, uncountable)A generally accepted principle; a rule.

   The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.

   a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy

2. A generally accepted principle; a rule.

   (countable, uncountable)A formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.

   the Canon of Polykleitos

3. (countable, uncountable)A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

4. (countable, uncountable)The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

   the entire Shakespearean canon

   кано́нkanón

5. (countable, uncountable)A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.

6. (countable, uncountable)A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

   We must proceed according to canon law.

   Kanon

   кано́нkanón, пра́вилоprávilo

7. (countable, uncountable)A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

   a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

8. (countable, uncountable)In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

9. (countable, uncountable)A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

   Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.

   Kanon

   кано́нkanón

   a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

10. (Roman, countable, uncountable)A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius

11. (slang, uncountable)The officially recognized continuity, events, characters, relationships, etc. of a work of fiction.

    A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.

12. (dated, uncountable)A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.

    Missal

1. This fanfiction does not adhere to canon.

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2. Is it possible that all three timelines are canon?

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3. Not every sentence referring to Tom is actually canon to his universe.

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4. I get that this game is a spin-off, but is the story canon?

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5. None of this is canon.

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