Canon

kan-yun', n. a deep gorge or ravine between high and steep banks, worn by watercourse*. [Sp a hollow, from root of Cannon.] C , kan'un, n. a law or rule, esp. in ecclesiastical matters the genuine books of Scripture, called the sacred canon: a dignitary of the Church of England a of saints canonised a large kind of type. [A.S., Fr., from L. canon Gr. kandn, a straight rod kanne, a reed.] Canonic, ka-non'ik, Canonical, ka-non'ik-al, adj. according to or included in the canon regular ecclesiastical. adv. Canon ically. Canonicals, ka-non'ik-alz, n the official dre of the clergy, regulated by the church canons. 60 ftte, fir; hir; mine Caoutchouc Oanonlcity, kan-un-is'i-ti, n, the state of belonging to the canon or genuine books of the Scripture. [list of saints. —*. Canonisation.