canon

Usage

• canonical

  Something that is canonical is accepted as being accurate and authoritative—it possesses all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.

• canonize

  When the Catholic Church canonizes someone, they are officially declared a saint; this word also refers to placing a work of art or literature in an accepted group of the best of its kind.

• canon

  a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

• canonise

  treat as a sacred person