Canon

• Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author • Western canon, 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), 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., 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 Aaron McCain, 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, United States • Canons Park, London, United Kingdom • Canons (ward), an electoral ward • Canon Row, a street in Westminster, London • Cañon City, Colorado, United States • Cañon Fiord, 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 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 • Canon regular, a priest who lives in community under a rule • Canon (hymnography), a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity • Roman Canon, the traditional anaphora used in the Roman Rite of the Mass. • 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 bellfounding, 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, a Cameroonian association football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé • Canons High School, Edgware, Greater London == See also ==