All canon synonyms

noun canon

• literature — writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays.
• precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
• tenet — any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
• oeuvre — the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole.
• classics — ancient Greek and Roman culture considered as a subject for academic study
• ana — (of ingredients in a prescription) in equal quantities
• chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
• miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
• analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
• formula — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
• maxim — Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
• doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
• dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
• table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
• decree — A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
• ordinance — an authoritative rule or law; a decree or command.
• regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
• commandment — The Ten Commandments are the ten rules of behaviour which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible, people should obey.
• catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
• criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
• yardstick — a stick a yard long, commonly marked with subdivisions, used for measuring.
• roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
• standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
• dogma — an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
• declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
• law — software law
• statute — Law. an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. the document in which such an enactment is expressed.
• list — Friedrich [free-drik] /ˈfri drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
• assize — a sitting of a legislative assembly or administrative body
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
• screed — a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
• anthology — An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
• library — a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.
• works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
• edict — a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici