The energy of his lines and the rawness of his strokes place him firmly in the modern art canon.
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Canon
//ˈkæn.ən//
Synonyms for "canon" (228 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (68)
commandmentcommunioncompilationcomplete worksconsecrationconventioncredocriterioncuratecustomdeandecreedecretumdegreedelectusdictatedictationdictumdiocesandismissal
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doctrinedogmadouay bibleecclesiarchedictenactmentepistleeuchologioneuchologyexarchfarsefestschriftflorilegiumflowersformformalityformulaformularyfractionfrench canonfugatofuguegardengarlandgaugegeneral principlegloriagolden rulegospelgradualgraduated scalegrand penitentiaryguidelineguiding principlehierarchhigh priestholy fatherholy scriptureholy writimperativeinstitutionintroitjusking james versionkyriekyrie eleison
Noun(2 words)
Related words (114)
last gospellavabolawlaw of naturelectionarylegislationlexlitanymachzormanualmassmaximmeasuremetropolitanmiscellaneamiscellanymissalmitzvahmodelmoral
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normnormaoffertoryomnibusorder of natureordinalordinanceordonnancepapaparameterpastorpaternosterpatriarchpatternpaxpenitentiaryphotograph albumpontiffpontificalpopepost-communionprayer bookprebendarypreceptprefaceprelateprescribed formprescriptprescriptionprimateprincipiumprincipleprocrustean lawquantityquotation bookreadingreadoutrectorregulationrevised standard versionrevised versionritualritualerondeaurondeletrondinorondorondolettoroundroundelayrubricrulerulingrural deansanctusscalescrapbookscripturesecretasefer torahseptuagintservice bookset formsettled principlesiddurstandardstanding orderstatutesubdeansuffragansymposiumteachingtenettersanctustesttestamentthe bookthe good bookthe scripturesthe wordtorahtorah scrolltouchstonetracttrolltypeuniversal lawvaluevicarvirginalvulgateworking principleworking ruleyardstick
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Translations
143 translations across 33 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kanun noun (generally accepted principle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- канон noun (generally accepted principle)
- канон noun (religious law)
- канон noun (piece of music)
Catalan
4 entries- canonge noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- cànon noun (generally accepted principle)
- cànon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- cànon noun (eucharistic prayer)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 真傳 /真传 noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 卡農 /卡农 noun (piece of music)
- 原設 /原设 noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
- 官設 /官设 noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
- 教會法 /教会法 noun (religious law)
Czech
2 entries- kanovník noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kánon noun (piece of music)
Danish
4 entries- kannik noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kanon noun (generally accepted principle)
- kanon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- kanon noun (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic)
Dutch
4 entries- canon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- canon noun (eucharistic prayer)
- canon noun (religious law)
- canon noun (piece of music)
Esperanto
2 entries- kanoniko noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kanono noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
Finnish
4 entries- alkuperäisteokset noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
- ehtoollisrukous noun (eucharistic prayer)
- kaanon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- kaanon noun (religious law)
French
4 entries- anses noun (part of a bell by which it is suspended)
- canon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- canon noun (religious law)
- canon noun (piece of music)
Galician
1 entries- cóengo noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
German
4 entries- Chorherr noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- Kanon noun (religious law)
- Kanon noun (piece of music)
- Kanoniker noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Greek
4 entries- άπαντα noun (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic)
- αυθεντικά συγγράμματα noun (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic)
- κανόνας noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- κανών noun (eucharistic prayer)
Hungarian
3 entries- kánon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- kánon noun (religious law)
- kánon noun (piece of music)
Icelandic
4 entries- kanoki noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kanúki noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kórbróðir noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kórsbróðir noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Indonesian
3 entries- kanon noun (religious law)
- kanon noun (piece of music)
- kanon noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
Irish
2 entries- canóin noun (eucharistic prayer)
- canóin noun (piece of music)
Italian
4 entries- canone noun (religious law)
- canone noun (piece of music)
- canone noun (printing: 48-point type)
- canonico noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Japanese
4 entries- カノン noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
- 教会法 noun (religious law)
- 正史 noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- 聖人録 noun (catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church)
Korean
1 entries- 캐논 noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
Manx
3 entries- canoanagh noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- canoin noun (piece of music)
- oardagh (yn erin) noun (eucharistic prayer)
Middle English
3 entries- canoun noun (generally accepted principle)
- canoun noun (religious law)
- canoun noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Māori
2 entries- kēnana noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- rangi inaki noun (piece of music)
Norwegian
4 entries- domherre noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- domkapitular noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kannik noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kanon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
Polish
4 entries- kanon noun (generally accepted principle)
- kanon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- kanon noun (eucharistic prayer)
- kanon noun (religious law)
Portuguese
4 entries- cânone noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- cânone noun (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic)
- cânone noun (eucharistic prayer)
- cânone noun (religious law)
Russian
4 entries- кано́н noun (religious law)
- кано́н noun (piece of music)
- кано́н noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
- кано́ник noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Slovak
1 entries- kánon noun (religious law)
Spanish
4 entries- canon noun (group of literary works accepted as representative)
- canon noun (religious law)
- canon noun (piece of music)
- canon noun (printing: 48-point type)
Swahili
1 entries- kanoni noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Swedish
4 entries- kanik noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
- kanon noun (piece of music)
- kanon noun (fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe)
- korherre noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кано́нік noun (A clergy member serving a cathedral)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Mennad had a huge Canon camera.
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Nicolaus Copernicus studied canon law at the university of Bologna.
Source: tatoeba (8342400)
This fanfiction does not adhere to canon.
Source: tatoeba (8681691)
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