单词 | canon |
释义 | canon (kænən ) Word forms: canons 1. countable noun A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral. 2. countable noun A canon of texts is a list of them that is accepted as genuine or important. [formal] He had to read a canon of accepted literary texts. [+ of] ...the Irish literary canon. 3. countable noun A canon is a general rule or principle. [formal] The very first canon of nursing is to keep the air inside as fresh as the air outside. Synonyms: list, index, catalogue, syllabus Collocations: canon lawyer He combined the sharpness of a canon lawyer with a straightforward manner. Times,Sunday Times However, a canon lawyer said there was no wording in that rule which mentioned invitations to external bishops. Times, Sunday Times He was also a well-known canon lawyer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Canon lawyers simply assumed that the organising unit of the legal system should be the individual or soul. Times, Sunday Times They were presided over by three canon lawyers. Times, Sunday Times Then again, we are visiting arts royalty, unsubsidised, egalitarian, concerned with the classical canon and the common good, curtsey not expected. Times, Sunday Times She starred in ballets by more than 50 choreographers, covering the entire classical canon. Times, Sunday Times Emphasise the contemporary and expect howls of protest from those who want a starter pack for the classical canon. Times, Sunday Times The classical canon assumed its earliest shape under a number of paradoxical conditions. The Times Literary Supplement This remains decidedly a festival of high seriousness, with entertainments on the fringes and folk music among the wide-ranging themes, but the classical canon at its heart. Times, Sunday Times In other cases, stories clearly contradict established canon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Established canon has yet to make a definitive case for this. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many fans dispute the true nature of cortosis as both definitions have been included in established canon literature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You're not going to get far in the literary canon that way. Times, Sunday Times Plots are ubiquitous in the literary canon; and there are surprisingly few of them. Times, Sunday Times And what better means of whiling away the hours than a site purportedly written by one of the greats of the literary canon? Times, Sunday Times There's a website that will place you, albeit hypothetically, in the literary canon with a click of your mouse. Times, Sunday Times More than eight million books have been sold and the once-spotty diarist has entered the nation's literary canon and lexicon. Times, Sunday Times |
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