canon
canon 英 [ˈkænən] 美 [ˈkænən]
n. 标准;教规;正典圣经;教士
名词复数:canons
- Canon (one “n”) refers to a collection of rules or texts that are considered to be authoritative. Shakespeare and Chaucer are part of the canon of Western literature, so you might read their work in an English class.
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- n. 标准;教规;正典圣经;教士
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1. Why is the Protestant canon like it is?
为什么新教正典会是现在这样?
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2. Historical criticism,though,takes the canon apart and says each individual document must be studied in its own right and for its own content.
然而,历史批评,把正典圣经拆开来看,认为每一个独立的文档必须只研究其本身,及其本身的内容。
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3. His prophecy is part of a larger book, The Twelve, in the Jewish canon.
他的预言书在犹太教正典中是较大的“十二先知书”的一部分。
- canon (n.1) "a rule or law," Old English canon "rule, law, or decree of the Church," from Old French canon or directly from Late Latin canon "Church law, a rule or doctrine enacted by ecclesiastical authority," in classical Latin, "measuring line, rule," from Greek kanon "any straight rod or bar; rule; standard of excellence," perhaps from kanna "reed" (see cane (n.)).
- canon (n.2) "clergyman living according to rules," c. 1200 (late 12c. as a surname), from Anglo-French canun, from Old North French canonie (Modern French chanoine), from Church Latin canonicus "clergyman living under a rule," noun use of Latin adjective canonicus "according to rule" (in ecclesiastical use, "pertaining to the rules or institutes of the church canonical"), from Greek kanonikos, from kanon "rule" (see canon (n.1)).
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