canon

UK [ˈkænən] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "canon":
singular canon plural canons

1) formal a generally accepted rule

The economy's extraordinary growth defies the canons of economics.

2)

a) [usually singular] all the writing, music etc that is generally accepted as the work of one writer, musician etc

a lesser-known film in the Kubrick canon

b) a list of writers, musicians etc whose work is generally accepted or studied

3) a Christian priest who works in a cathedral

4) music a type of music in which different instruments or voices start the same series of notes, one after another