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• a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy

  derivation	canonist
  hypernym	prescriptrule
  hyponym	headcanon

• a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

  hypernym	compositionmusical compositionopuspiecepiece of music
  hyponym	enigma canonenigmatic canonenigmatical canonriddle canon

• a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

  derivation	canoniccanonicalcanonist
  hypernym	sacred scripturescripture

• a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

  derivation	canonisecanonize
  hypernym	listlisting

• a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

  synonym	canyon
  domain region	North America
  hypernym	ravine
  mero part	canyonside

• a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter

  hypernym	priest
  hyponym	prebendary