{"def":{"short":"a rule (\"canon\"), i.e., (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e., (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)","long":["a rod or straight piece of rounded wood to which any thing is fastened to keep it straight",["used for various purposes",["a measuring rod, rule","a carpenter's line or measuring tape","the measure of a leap, as in the Olympic games"]],"a definitely bounded or fixed space within the limits of which one's power of influence is confined",["the province assigned one","one's sphere of activity"],"metaphorically any rule or standard, a principle or law of investigating, judging, living, acting"]},"deriv":"from κάνη (a straight reed, i.e. rod)","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑˈnon","ipa_mod":"kɑˈnown","sbl":"kanōn","dic":"ka-NONE","dic_mod":"ka-NONE"}}