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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A eucharistic prayer, particularly, the Roman Canon.
  • A generally accepted principle.
  • A member of a cathedral chapter
  • literaryA group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
  • A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times.
  • A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  • fandom Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
  • The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

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