Canon
Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.
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Synonyms for Canon
Origin and canon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Origin" instead a noun "Canon".
Origin
Origin noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
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How words are described
| original | original canon | original origin |
| true | true canon | true origin |
| proper | proper canon | proper origin |
| single | single canon | single origin |
| Other adjectives: likely, dubious, actual, real, possible, shared, official, alternate, different, comic, mythological, recent, previous, western, biblical, European. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- The origin of the clip beetles in new canon is ambiguous, making this a case of Schrödinger's Canon.
Source: Canon Immigrant / Star Wars -
Played with in regards to Batman: Son of the Bat: The story was originally canon and suggested the origin of Ibn al Xu'ffasch, son of Batman and Talia al Ghul from Kingdom Come.
Source: Canon Discontinuity - The story was stricken from canon by later writers, with Gerber's origin Handwaved away as false memories implanted by the government in case Steve were ever captured.
Source: Canon Discontinuity
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