Canon or Canons may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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
Canaan, a region in the Ancient Near East Cannon (disambiguation) Canonical, standard or referential form; includes many examples of canons Canonization, the act of a pope's declaring a deceased person a saint Canyon (disambiguation) Kanon (disambiguation) Kanoon (disambiguation) Qanun (disambiguation)