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1. 1.canon, rule (generally accepted principle)
2. 2.canon (group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field)
3. 3.canon (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic)
4. 4.canon (religious law or body of law decreed by the church)
5. 5.canon, round (piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times)
6. 6.canon (large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point)
7. 7.biblical canon (set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible)
8. 8.Canon of the Mass (oldest anaphora used in the Roman rite of Mass)

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