Canon (basic principle), an accepted body of rules.Pāli Canon, scriptures of Theravāda Buddhism (these include the Sutta Pitaka, the Vinaya Pitaka and the Abhidhamma Pitaka).Canon (hymnography), a kind of hymn in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.Canon (priest), a title of certain Christian priests.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 law, the whole judicial system in Christian churches.Biblical canon, a set of texts regarded by a Christian or Jewish community as part of the Bible.Religious text: some religious texts are accepted or categorized as canonical, some non-canonical, and others extracanonical, semi-canonical, deutero-canonical, pre-canonical or post-canonical.Canon Rock, an island in Northern Ireland.Cañon Fiord, on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada.
Canon Row, a street in Westminster, London.Canon, Georgia, a city in the United States.Lou Canon, stage name of Leanne Greyerbiehl, a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter.Fernando Canon (1860–1938), Filipino revolutionary general, poet, inventor, engineer, musician and chess player.UBM Canon, a media company headquartered in Los Angeles.Château Canon (disambiguation), a number of wineries.Canon Inc., a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation.The Canon (Natalie Angier book), a 2007 science book by Natalie Angier.Canon (game), an online browser-based strategy war game.Canon (film), a 1964 Canadian animated short.Canon (album), a 2007 album by Ani DiFranco.Canon (hymnography), a type of hymn used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.Canon of proportions, a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.Western canon, the body of high culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that is highly valued in the West.Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture.Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe by its fan base.