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5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and
canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a
person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate
church.

7. (Mus.) A musical composition in
which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals,
successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with
a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences
anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the
strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.

8. (Print.) The largest size of
type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used
for printing the canons of the church.

9. The part of a bell by which it is
suspended; -- called also ear and shank. [See
Illust. of Bell.] Knight.

10. (Billiards) See
Carom.

Apostolical canons. See under
Apostolical. -- Augustinian canons,
Black canons. See under
Augustinian. -- Canon capitular,
Canon residentiary, a resident member of a
cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year).


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