Canon is all about authoritative standards—for literature, sainthood, or behavior. Don't confuse it with cannon with two n's, the big gun that shoots bowling-size balls at the enemy.
College students used to read what was called the "literary canon," until they noticed that they were written by dead white men. Pretzels dipped in Coke may be tasty, but they're not ready to be entered into the canon of two great tastes that go well together: oreos + milk, donut + coffee, apple pie + ice cream.
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a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
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a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
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a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
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a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
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