canons is a form of:

Canon




SEE: Carom
noun
1.
(a clergyman who is a member of a cathedral or a collegiate church, a member of a clerical group, having according to, a canon) a canon of socialism គោលការណ៍, the canon of Buddhism គម្ពីរព្រះត្រៃបិក
2.
(ច្បាប់) ក្បួនច្បាប់សាសនា
Example: A law rule, or ordinance in general, and of the church in particular.
ឧទាហរណ៍៖ ច្បាប់ វិធានឬបទបញ្ញតិ្តទូទៅហើយជាពិសេសជារបស់ព្រះវិហារសាសនាគ្រិស្ត ។
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.
2.
A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
3.
A law or rule.
4.
The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures.
5.
In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
6.
A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
7.
A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation.
8.
The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
9.
The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.