Canon

Aesthetic canon, when drawing/modeling etc. a human figure, a rule for its proportions.
Cannons (house), a stately home in Edgeware, Middlesex now known by its modern spelling, Canons
Canon as a number of art masterpieces:
Chinese classics or Chinese canonical texts
Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
Canon (fiction), material that is considered to be "genuine", "something that actually happened", or can be directly referenced as material produced by the original author or creator.
Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
Pachelbel's Canon


Canon (priest)
Canon law:

Canon law (Catholic Church)
Penitential canons
Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
Religious canons:

Biblical canon
Taoist canon or Daozang
Pāli Canon
Chinese Buddhist canon
Tibetan Buddhist canon
Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
or

Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters


Canon is the name of:

Canon (manga), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi
Canon (game), an online Browser-based strategy war game
The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Canon of Eclipses, a compilation eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer