Canon and Institution

Canon

Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.

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Institution and canon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Institution" instead a noun "Canon".

Nearby Words: canonical, canonization, canonize

Institution noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Canon and institution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Canon" instead a noun "Institution".

old	old canon	old institution
special	special canon	special institution
separate	separate canon	separate institution
single	single canon	single institution
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, main, important, religious, secondary, fictional, official, respective, different, modern.

A Different Prison is set inside a Watcher prison in the Buffyverse, an institution implied to exist but unvisited in canon.

Source: Elsewhere Fic
Pre-Crisis, it was established canon that Arkham's own founder himself went crazy and was bound into his own institution, until he died.

Source: Bedlam House
The 21st century is when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.—Captain Jack HarknessTorchwood is a Spin-Off of the British science fiction institution Doctor Who, and set in the main canon Whoniverse.

Source: Series / Torchwood

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