canoun

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). ==== Alternative forms ==== canon, canone, kanon, kanoun ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kaˈnuːn/, /kanun/ ==== Noun ==== canoun (plural canouns) Ecclesiastical regulations; canon law. (often in the plural) A law or rule. A body of authoritative rules. The Canon of the Mass. ===== Descendants ===== English: canon Scots: canon ===== References ===== “canǒun, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old Northern French canoine, from Latin canōnicus; a back-formation from Old English canonic is also possible, though less likely. Some forms are influenced by central Old French chanoine. ==== Alternative forms ==== canon, canun, chanon, chanoyne, chanoun, chanown, chanun, kanun, schanon, schanoun ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kaˈnuːn/, /kanun/, /tʃa-/ ==== Noun ==== canoun (plural canouns) canon (clergy member serving a cathedral church). ===== Descendants ===== English: canon ===== References ===== “canǒun, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.