Canon or Canons may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as official in a fictional universe by its fan base * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western canon, the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West *

Canon of proportions An artistic canon of body proportions (or aesthetic canon of proportion), in the sphere of visual arts, is a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art. The word ''canon'' () was first us ...

, a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art *

Canon (music) In music, a canon is a contrapuntal (counterpoint-based) compositional technique that employs a melody with one or more imitation (music), imitations of the melody played after a given duration (music), duration (e.g., quarter rest, one measure ...

, a type of composition *

Canon (hymnography) A canon ( el, κανών, kanōn) is a structured hymn used in a number of Eastern Orthodox services. It consists of nine ''odes'', based on the Biblical canticles. Most of these are found in the Old Testament, but the final ode is taken from th ...

, a type of hymn used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. * ''Canon'' (album), a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco * ''Canon'' (film), a 1964 Canadian animated short * ''Canon'' (game), an online browser-based strategy war game * ''Canon'' (manga), by Nikki * Canonical plays of William Shakespeare * ''The Canon'' (Natalie Angier book), a 2007 science book by Natalie Angier * ''The Canon'' (podcast), concerning film

Brands and enterprises

* Canon Inc., a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation * Château Canon (disambiguation), a number of wineries * UBM Canon, a media company headquartered in Los Angeles

People

* Canon (rapper) (born 1989) * Fernando Canon (1860–1938), Filipino revolutionary general, poet, inventor, engineer, musician and chess player * Lou Canon, stage name of Leanne Greyerbiehl, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter

Places

* Canon, Georgia, a city in the United States * Canons Park, London, UK * Canon Row, a street in Westminster, London *

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, United States * Cañon Fiord, on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada * Canon Rock, an island in Northern Ireland

Religion

* Religious text: some religious texts are accepted or categorized as canonical, some non-canonical, and others extracanonical, semi-canonical, deutero-canonical, pre-canonical or post-canonical. * Biblical canon, a set of texts regarded by a Christian or Jewish community as part of the Bible * Canon law, the whole judicial system in Christian churches ** Canon (canon law), a law or ordinance promulgated by a synod, ecumenical council, or individual bishop (within the canon law system of that Church). * Canon (clergy), a title of certain Christian priests *

, a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity * Pāli Canon, scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism (these include the ''Sutta Pitaka'', the ''Vinaya Pitaka'' and the ''Abhidhamma Pitaka'')

Other uses

* Canon (basic principle), an accepted body of rules * Canon, in

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, one or more hanging loops cast integrally with the crown * '' The Canon of Medicine'', a 1025 CE medical encyclopedia by Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) *

Canon Yaoundé Canon Sportif de Yaoundé, commonly known as Canon Yaoundé, is a Cameroonian association football club based in capital city of Yaoundé. The club was formed in 1930 and play their games at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo. Their most successful period was ...

, a Cameroonian association football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé *

Canons High School Canons High School (CHS) is an Academy (English school), academy school situated in Edgware, Middlesex in the eastern part of the London Borough of Harrow. It also has an attached sixth form centre which forms part of the Harrow Sixth Form Colle ...