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doctrine
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?kt??n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?kt??n/
- Hyphenation: doc?trine
Noun
doctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines)
- (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
- The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.
- The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.
- (countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group or text.
- What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- doctrine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- doctrine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Crediton, centroid
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch doctrine, from Middle French doctrine, from Latin doctr?na.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?k?tri.n?/
- Hyphenation: doc?tri?ne
- Rhymes: -in?
Noun
doctrine f (plural doctrines, diminutive doctrinetje n)
- doctrine
- Synonyms: leer, leerstuk
Derived terms
- doctrinair
- indoctrineren
French
Etymology
From Latin doctrina, diminutive from doctus, taught, perfect passive participle of docere, teach
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?k.t?in/
Noun
doctrine f (plural doctrines)
- doctrine
Further reading
- “doctrine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Verb
doctrine
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of doctrinar.
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canon
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon, from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew ?????? (qane, “reed”) and Arabic ??????? (qan?h, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?n'?n, IPA(key): /?kæn.?n/
- Rhymes: -æn?n
- Homophone: cannon
Noun
canon (countable and uncountable, plural canons)
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- 2015, William Styron, "Irwin Shaw", in My Generation: Collected Nonfiction, page 456
- the durable canon of American short fiction
- 2015, William Styron, "Irwin Shaw", in My Generation: Collected Nonfiction, page 456
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
- (fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
- 2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
- Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax.
- 2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
- (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
- (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (billiards) A carom.
Synonyms
- (48-point type): French canon
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Anglo-Norman chanoine).
Noun
canon (plural canons)
- A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
- A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
Derived terms
- Canonbury
- Canons Park
- Stoke Canon
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
canon (plural canons)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “canon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- “canon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Ancon, Conan, ancon
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ???? (qaneh, “reed”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?.n?n/
- Hyphenation: ca?non
Noun
canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)
- canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works)
- (chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible)
- (Christianity) canon (religious law)
- (music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices)
- (Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers)
- (dated) canon (principle, rule)
Derived terms
- canoniek
- canoniseren
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.n??/
Etymology 1
From Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.
Noun
canon m (plural canons)
- cannon, (big) gun
- barrel (of firearm)
- cannon for a horse.
Derived terms
- boulet de canon
- canon à eau
- chair à canon
- fusil à canon scié
- poudre à canon
- tuer une mouche avec un canon
Etymology 2
From Old French canon, borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”).
The 'attractive person' sense comes from an ellipsis of canon de beauté.
Noun
canon m (plural canons)
- canon
- (music) canon
- (religion) canon
- (slang) hottie, dish, bombshell (attractive man/woman)
- Synonym: avion de chasse
Derived terms
- canon à neige
- canon de beauté
Etymology 3
From the above noun (see sense 4) by conversion.
Adjective
canon (plural canons)
- (informal, of a person) hot, sexy
Etymology 4
canne +? -on.
Noun
canon m (plural canons)
- (slang) glass of wine
Further reading
- “canon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.no?n/, [?käno?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.non/, [?k??n?n]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ???? (qaneh, “reed”)).
Noun
can?n m (genitive canonis); third declension
- a measuring line
- (figuratively) precept, rule, canon
- a yearly tribute paid to the emperor; (Medieval Latin, by extension) a periodic payment
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) authorized catalog, especially of books of the Bible or of the saints
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) decree of a church synod
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Canon of the Mass
- (Medieval Latin) relic
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
- can?niz?
Synonyms
- (precept, rule): n?rma, praeceptum, r?gula
Descendants
- Catalan: cànon
- English: canon
- French: canon
- Irish: canóin
- Italian: canone
- Russian: ?????? (kanón)
- Spanish: canon
Etymology 2
From canna (“pipe”), compare Italian cannone and Old French canon.
Noun
can?n m (genitive can?nis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) a cannon (artillery)
References
- canon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- canon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- canon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “canon”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill
Norman
Etymology
From Old French canon.
Noun
canon m (plural canons)
- cannon
Old French
Etymology 1
canne +? -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.
Noun
canon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon)
- tube
- cannon
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”).
- canon
Descendants
- English: canon
- French: canon
- Norman: canon
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ????? (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slavic language intermediate.
Noun
canon n (plural canoane)
- canon
- (usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept
- punishment or penance for breaking such a religious rule
Declension
Derived terms
- canoni
Related terms
- canonic
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”) (compare ????? (kánna, “reed”)), perhaps of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kanon/, [?ka.nõn]
Noun
canon m (plural cánones)
- canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)
- Synonyms: norma, precepto, regla
- tax, fee
Related terms
- canónico
- canonizar
References
Further reading
- “canon” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Welsh
Alternative forms
- canasom (literary, first-person plural)
- canasant (literary, third-person plural)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?kan?n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?ka?n?n/, /?kan?n/
Verb
canon
- (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu
- (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu
Mutation
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