canon – English noun declension

English noun forms of canon

Noun: canon
Singularcanon
Pluralcanons

Sample Sentences

  • The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
  • Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. [c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]
  • the Canon of Polykleitos
  • Despite the many advances made by modern scholars towards a clearer comprehension of the theoretical basis of the Canon of Polykleitos, the results of these studies show an absence of any general agreement upon the practical application of that canon in works of art. [1975, Richard Tobin, “The Canon of Polykleitos”, in American Journal of Archaeology, volume 79, number 4, →DOI, →JSTOR, retrieved 02 Oct 2020, pages 307–321:]
  • Russo had been working as a salesman, selling Great Books of the Western World, hawking the canon to the rubes. [1992 February 2, Mitzel, “Clay Shaw, The Quean Network & That Kennedy Killing”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 28, page 12:]
  • the durable canon of American short fiction [2015, William Styron, “Irwin Shaw”, in My Generation: Collected Nonfiction, page 456:]
  • the entire Shakespearean canon
  • We must proceed according to canon law.
  • Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
  • The lessees of public lands had to pay a perpetual rent or "canon" at some periodical time. [1919 January 26, Charles P. Sherman, “A Brief History of Imperial Roman Canon Law”, in California Law Review, volume 7, number 2, Berkeley, California: University of California, pages 96–97:]
  • A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.
  • Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax. [2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars:]
  • a canon of beef or lamb

Etymology

From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon and Old English canon, both from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) and Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane, cannon, canyon, canal. See: Middle English Nouns 'canoun', Latin Nouns 'canōn', Ancient Greek Nouns 'κανών'.

Verbs referencing "canon"

Spanish Nouns canon, English Nouns canna.