canon

kanik, korherre, kanon

1. A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church.

2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

3. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

4. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

5. (chiefly, _, fandom, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymically) these sources' content.