Canon or Canons may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Canon (fiction) The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional universe, fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; speciallythose created by the original author or developer of ...

, the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author *

Literary canon The term canon derives from the Greek (), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English. The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authenti ...

, an accepted body of works considered as high culture **

Western canon The Western canon is the embodiment of High culture, high-culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that are highly cherished across the Western culture, Western world, such works having achieved the status of classics. Recent ...

, the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West * Canon of proportions, 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 type of hymn used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. * ''Canon'' (album), a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco * ''Canon'' (film), a 1964 Canadian animated short * ''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. Canon Inc. (; Hepburn: ) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manu ...

, a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation * Château Canon (disambiguation), a number of wineries *

UBM Canon UBM Canon (formerly Canon Communications), founded in 1978, was a diversified business-to-business media company which is now part of Informa that publishes and produces 13 magazines, 54 trade shows & events and 21 web sites. In April 2005, Appri ...

, a media company headquartered in Los Angeles

People

Canon (rapper) Aaron Marcellis McCain (born March 1, 1989), better known by his stage name Canon, is an American Christian rapper from Chicago, Illinois. Canon is best known for his appearance on Lecrae's Rehab: The Overdose and his collaboration with Derek ...

(born Aaron McCain, 1989) * Fernando Canon (1860–1938), Filipino revolutionary general, poet, inventor, engineer, musician and chess player *

Lou Canon Lou Canon is the stage name of Leanne Greyerbiehl, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter.

, stage name of Leanne Greyerbiehl, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter

Places

* Canon, Georgia, United States * Canons Park, London, United Kingdom * Canon Row, a street in Westminster, London *

Cañon City, Colorado Cañon City ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule city that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Fremont County, Colorado, United States. The city p ...

, United States *

Cañon Fiord Cañon Fiord is a natural inlet in the west of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territorie ...

, on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada

Religion

* : 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 biblical canon is a set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible. The English word ''canon'' comes from the Ancient Greek, Greek , meaning 'ruler, rule' or 'measu ...

, a set of texts regarded by a Christian or Jewish community as part of the Bible *

Canon law Canon law (from , , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its membe ...

, the whole judicial system in Christian churches **

Canon (canon law) In canon law, a canon designates some law promulgated by a synod, an ecumenical council, or an individual bishop. The word "canon" comes from the Greek ''kanon'', which in its original usage denoted a straight rod that was later the instrument ...

, a law or ordinance promulgated by a synod, ecumenical council, or individual bishop (within the canon law system of that Church). *

Canon (clergy) Canon () is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of ...

, a title of certain Christian priests **

Canon regular The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are Catholic priests who live in community under a rule ( and κανών, ''kanon'', in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religiou ...

, a priest who lives in community under a rule * Canon (hymnography), a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity *

Pāli Canon The Pāḷi Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhism, Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant Early Buddhist texts, early Buddhist canon. It derives mainly from t ...

, scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism (these include the ''Sutta Pitaka'', the ''Vinaya Pitaka'' and the ''Abhidhamma Pitaka'')

Other uses

Canon (basic principle) The term canon derives from the Greek (), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English. The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authenti ...

, an accepted body of rules * Canon, in

bellfounding Bellfounding is the casting and tuning of large bronze bells in a foundry for use such as in churches, clock towers and public buildings, either to signify the time or an event, or as a musical carillon or chime. Large bells are made by cast ...

, one or more hanging loops cast integrally with the crown * ''

The Canon of Medicine ''The Canon of Medicine'' () is an encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Avicenna (, ibn Sina) and completed in 1025. It is among the most influential works of its time. It presents an overview of the contemporary medical knowle ...

'', a 1025 CE medical encyclopedia by Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) *

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