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canon 1 rule, law (of the Church) OE.; central portion of the Mass XIII; books of the Bible accepted as authentic XIV; (mus.) XVI. OE. canon — L. canōn — Gr. kanṓn rule; reinforced or superseded by ME. cano(u)n — AN. canun, (O)F. canon.
So canonic(al) XV. f. F. canonique or L. canonicus — Gr. kanonikós. canonize place in the canon of saints, canonization XIV. — medL.

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