Canon

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Canon may refer to:

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Various formally approved collections of scriptures, including:
- Biblical canon, among various Jewish and Christian communities
- Chinese Buddhist canon, used in East Asia
- Jewish Bible canon, another name for the Tanakh
- Pali canon, used the Therevada Buddhist tradition
- Taoist canon (Daozang), about 1400 texts collected around the 4th century
- Tibetan Buddhist canon, a loosely defined list used in the Vajrayana tradition
Canon (hymnography), a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Canon (priest), a title of certain Christian priests
Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
Gospel canon, another name for works attempting to harmonize the divergent accounts of Jesus's life in the four Christian Gospels

Canon (canon law), a type of canonical law
- Canon law: religious laws, particularly in Christian contexts
- Canonization, the formal process of recognizing a Christian saint
Canon law in the Catholic Church
- Penitential canons, the Catholic canon laws regarding certain penances to be done for certain sins

Canon(s) in bellfounding - one or more hanging loops cast integrally with the crown in early bells

Canon Inc., a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation; manufacturer of Canon cameras, photocopiers, and camcorders
Château Canon (disambiguation), one of a number of wineries
UBM Canon, a media company headquartered in Los Angeles

Canon (basic principle), a rule or a body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy

Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base
Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
- The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages, a 1994 book by Harold Bloom
Canon (manga), by Chika Shiomi
Canon of Dutch Literature, a list of the most important Dutch literary works
Canon of Eclipses, an 1887 compilation of eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer
Canon of Kings, a dated list of kings used by ancient astronomers as a convenient means to date astronomical phenomena
Danish Culture Canon, a list of 108 works of cultural excellence
The Canon (Natalie Angier book), a science book by Natalie Angier
The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

The Canon (music), the body of historical musical works that are recognized as masterpieces worthy of study and performance
Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
- Pachelbel's Canon, the name commonly given to a canon by the German Baroque composer, Johann Pachelbel
- Canon by Théodore Dubois (1837-1924)
- Canon by Edgar Meyer

Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
The Canon (Podcast), a film podcast by Devin Faraci and Amy Nicholson
Canon (film), a 1964 Canadian animated short based on the canon musical form