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Brown_supahero
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I had a disscussion with my friend, and we had a dissagreement with the meaning of canon.

If the word canon exist in the dictionary what would it say.

Also any other terms (ie. LUG, FF)


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TSN
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canon: a body of rules, principles, or standards accepted as axiomatic and universally binding, esp. in a field of study or art

That's the relevant definition from the Random House Webster's College Dictionary.

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It originated in the Roman Catholic Church, IIRC...

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As in canonizing popes and cardinals.

I've always heard canon refer to the rules and aspects of the world of a person's writing, as with the ecompassing saga of Star Trek.

The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic: the entire Sherlock Holmes canon..

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No, saints are canonized. Which fits the definition in that they're adding the saints to the official, canonical list of people who are saints.

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Luckily you didn't type cannon. LOL
Canon is basically "fact" for a series or collection of books, movies, tv series, comics, etc. The "actual events" of a fictious universe.
Star Trek, Star Wars both are heavily controversialized canon-wise because of the sheer volume of work made about their universes. In other words, it's tough to say what "did" happen and "didn't" between all the information.
TV/Movies are generally the highest in regard for official or real occurences. Scripts, guides, manuals, and the like are second followed by books then comics.

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For info about canonizing, check out saints.catholic.org, they seem to have gotten their shit together!

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