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Canon or Canons may refer to:

Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author
Western canon, the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West
Canon of proportions, a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art
Canon (music), a type of composition
Canon (hymnography), a type of hymn used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Canon (album), a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco
Canon (film), a 1964 Canadian animated short
Canon (manga), by Nikki
Canonical plays of William Shakespeare
The Canon (Natalie Angier book), a 2007 science book by Natalie Angier
The Canon (podcast), concerning film

Canon (rapper) (born Aaron McCain, 1989)
Fernando Canon (1860–1938), Filipino revolutionary general, poet, inventor, engineer, musician and chess player
Lou Canon, stage name of Leanne Greyerbiehl, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter

Religious text § Authority of religious texts: some religious texts are accepted or categorized as canonical, some non-canonical, and others extracanonical, semi-canonical, deutero-canonical, pre-canonical or post-canonical
- Biblical canon, a set of texts regarded by a Christian or Jewish community as part of the Bible
Canon law, the whole judicial system in Christian churches
- Canon (canon law), a law or ordinance promulgated by a synod, ecumenical council, or individual bishop (within the canon law system of that Church).
Canon (clergy), a title of certain Christian priests
- Canon regular, a priest who lives in community under a rule
Canon (hymnography), a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Canon, the traditional anaphora used in the Roman Rite of the Mass.
Pāli Canon, scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism (these include the Sutta Pitaka, the Vinaya Pitaka and the Abhidhamma Pitaka)

Canon (basic principle), an accepted body of rules
Canon, in bellfounding, one or more hanging loops cast integrally with the crown
The Canon of Medicine, a 1025 CE medical encyclopedia by Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)
Canon Yaoundé, a Cameroonian association football club based in the capital city of Yaoundé
Canons High School, Edgware, Greater London

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 * [[Canon (fiction)]], the material accepted as officially written by an author or an ascribed author
-* [[Literary canon]], an accepted body of works considered as high culture
+* [[Western canon]], the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West
-** [[Western canon]], the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West
 * [[Canon of proportions]], a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art
 * [[Canon (music)]], a type of composition
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 * [[Canon, Georgia]], United States
 * [[Canons Park]], London, United Kingdom
+** [[Canons (ward)]], an electoral ward
 * [[Canon Row]], a street in Westminster, London
 * [[Cañon City, Colorado]], United States
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 ** [[Canon regular]], a priest who lives in community under a rule
 * [[Canon (hymnography)]], a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
+* [[Roman Canon]], the traditional anaphora used in the Roman Rite of the Mass.
 * [[Pāli Canon]], scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism (these include the ''Sutta Pitaka'', the ''Vinaya Pitaka'' and the ''Abhidhamma Pitaka'')