canon Definition auf Deutsch

• 0 a rule (especially of the church) -- die Regel, der Kanon

  • The Pope’s decision is in line with the canons of the Catholic Church.

• 1 a clergyman belonging to a cathedral -- der Domherr

  • He served as the Canon of St. Alban’s Church in Toronto.

• 2 a list of saints -- das Heiligenverzeichnis

  • It was John Paul II who asserted that Sister Benedicta belonged in the canon of Christian saints.

• 3 a musical composition in which one part enters after another in imitation -- der Kanon

  • Pachelbel’s canon in D major.

• 4 all the writings of an author that are accepted as genuine -- der Kanon

  • the Shakespeare canon.