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canon

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In fiction , canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in an individual universe of that story. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction . The alternative terms mythology , timeline , and continuity ...

Usage examples of canon.

Beautiful where it finds something accordant with the Ideal-Form within itself, using this Idea as a canon of accuracy in its decision.

One of the most important problems to be investigated in the history of dogma, and one which unfortunately cannot be completely solved, is to show what necessities led to the setting up of a new canon of Scripture, what circumstances required the appearance of living authorities in the communities, and what relation was established between the apostolic rule of faith, the apostolic canon of Scripture, and the apostolic office.

The minster and its outlying buildings, the library, and the university were destroyed, and only one of three canons remained in residence.

For a time he half believed they had never been there at all, yet he had captured them, tucked them away into whirling little memory spheres and sent them on to the Office of Canon, with copies duly dispatched to the squat, cool fortress that housed the Monody of Science.

Bishop Narve and the young canon who served as his secretary were among the few to be spared, and set themselves to caring for those who were not.

It looked like every outport city on every House-dominated world in Canon.

The Bible represents a fundamental guidepost for millions of people on the planet, in much the same way the Koran, Torah, and Pali Canon offer guidance to people of other religions.

Thus many learned lawyers contributed to the Pandects, many physicians to the Tegni, and it was by this means that Avicenna edited his Canon, and Pliny his great work on Natural History, and Ptolemy the Almagest.

To see the men slaterd, some of them ded, some of them with there legs off, one in partickler with a Canon Ball through his Boddy, there was a hole throught him Big enough to stick your head in.

Around it, in the episcopal purlieus and on the margin of the parvis, lodged the prelates and the canons.

Canon Tallis was obviously familiar with every inch of the place, separating, sorting, explaining, ostensibly to Poly, but also for Adam.

Here, for some reason, the canon and Poly switched into Spanish, so Adam joined them.

Those who had been going on to Geneva and Zurich, with the exception of Canon Tallis and Poly, had left, so it was a smaller group gathered together in the lobby.

Adam sat at a large, round table with Poly and Canon Tallis and five other passengers, so that conversa tion was perforce general, and mostly about the weather.

Canon Tallis stood watching after Poly and Adam as they paddled out into the rain and onto the bus, stood watching until the bus was driven off.