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Use "canons" in a sentence
"(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 ...."