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# canon

«canon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (canons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A canon is a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church, called a cathedral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canon/#m1)

2) A canon is an old word for a church rule or an accepted standard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories the canon is a respected clergyman who lives in a fine house near the church; a canon can also be a rule that is accepted by the church

### examples

- The canon lived in a fine new house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canon/#x1)
- The canon read from his big book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canon/#x2)
- The canon's daughters sat by the bay window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canon/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «canon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/canon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.