What is another word for canons?

Pronunciation: [kˈanənz] (IPA)

Canons are a set of rules or principles that are considered standard or official. Some synonyms for canons include guidelines, tenets, maxims, precepts, laws, regulations, protocols, doctrines, and codes. These words refer to a set of established rules or guidelines that provide a framework for behavior, beliefs, or practices. While some synonyms like protocols and codes may be specific to certain industries or professions, tenets and maxims are more widely applicable and could be used in a variety of contexts. Ultimately, these words all convey the idea of a set of established and accepted rules that are intended to guide behavior and provide structure.

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Usage examples for Canons

This is in the nature of an accident; and by the canons of dramaturgy accidents must not precipitate tragedy, but Maeterlinck's plays proudly ignore the canons of dramaturgy.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
George Eliot afterwards faithfully adhered to the canons fixed by the critic.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
In his time the learned M. Bossu was the accepted authority upon the canons of criticism.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen

Famous quotes with Canons

  • I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.
    Samuel Alito
  • Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names.
    Mary Austin
  • So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy.
    Charles Hodge
  • Now, occultism is not like mystic faculty, and it very seldom works in harmony either with business aptitude in the things of ordinary life or with a knowledge of the canons of evidence in its own sphere.
    Arthur E. Waite
  • The trouble with the canons of scientific evidence [...] is that they virtually rule out the description of anything but oft-repeated, oft-observed, stereotypic behavior of a species, and this is just the sort of behavior that reveals no particular intelligence at all
    Daniel Dennett

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