Definition of "canons" []

• Plural form of canon. (noun)

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• "(By the term canons we designate those rules which the holy Fathers have laid down, in which it has been written how canons (canonici), i.e. regular clerics, ought to live)."
• "(Please note when I use the term canons of Western Culture I am referring to the philosophical underpinning of our society, which were articulated by Harold Bloom and Mortimer Adler and others of the University of Chicago"
• "The most straightforward of all canons is the round ...."