Editing Canon

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'''Canon''' or '''Canons''' may refer to:
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== Arts and entertainment ==

* [[Canon (fiction)]], the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author
* [[Literary canon]], an accepted body of works considered as high culture
** [[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)|''Canon'' (album)]], a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco
* [[Canon (film)|''Canon'' (film)]], a 1964 Canadian animated short
* [[Canon (manga)|''Canon'' (manga)]], by Nikki
* [[Shakespeare's plays#Canonical plays|Canonical plays of William Shakespeare]]
* [[The Canon (Natalie Angier book)|''The Canon'' (Natalie Angier book)]], a 2007 science book by Natalie Angier
* [[The Canon (podcast)|''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
* [[Canon Row]], a street in Westminster, London
* [[Cañon City, Colorado]], United States
* [[Cañon Fiord]], on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada

== Religion ==
* {{slink|Religious text#Authority of religious texts}}: 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
* [[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 ==
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* [[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)]]

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