canon — OAT · Shobdo

canon

noun

1 the appointment violated the canons of fair play and equal opportunity:

principle, rule, law, tenet, precept, formula;

standard, convention, norm, pattern, model, exemplar;

criterion, measure, yardstick, benchmark, test.

2 a set of ecclesiastical canons:

law, decree, edict, statute, dictate, dictum, ordinance;

rule, ruling, regulation;

in the Roman Catholic Church decretal.

3 the Shakespeare canon:

(list of) works, writings, oeuvre.