"Canon" meaning in All languages combined

See Canon on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Canons [plural]
Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon. * As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”). * As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the ninth and tenth months of the Assyrian calendar, from ܟܢܘܢ ܒ. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|cld|-}} Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, {{der|en|syc|-}} Classical Syriac Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Canons}} Canon (plural Canons)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Canon-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass. Tags: with-definite-article Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism
    Sense id: en-Canon-en-name-pDecXD6Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 53 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 57 10 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 64 6 15 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism

Noun [English]

Forms: Canons [plural]
Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon. * As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”). * As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the ninth and tenth months of the Assyrian calendar, from ܟܢܘܢ ܒ. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|cld|-}} Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, {{der|en|syc|-}} Classical Syriac Head templates: {{en-noun}} Canon (plural Canons)
  1. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of canon: a member of a chapter. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: canon (extra: a member of a chapter) Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Canon-en-noun-7Yde074s Topics: Christianity
  2. (Christianity) Title for a canon. Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: Canon Frome
    Sense id: en-Canon-en-noun-yXhJ8nVr Topics: Christianity

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