Oh my word Cannon, Canon

The churches under patronage of the Vatican (the seat of the Roman Catholic Church) have to strictly follow the canon laws. Canon laws are church laws. During medieval times and in those proselytising days they had to face cannons from other faiths especially the canons (church dignitaries).

The visit of head of a state to another country is welcomed with ‘Guard of Honour’, and also with the boom of cannons: “The cannon boomed a royal salute!” Cannon is a noun, and its plural form is also cannon. Cannons are guns. Cannon is a large heavy gun firing solid metal balls; it installed on a carriage or mounted, automatic gun firing shells from an aircraft, tank, ship, etc (Cannons were dropped from the sky by the US to attack the Taliban in Afghanistan).

In the game billiards, cannon is a shot in which a cue ball hits two other balls one after the other or hitting two balls successively (cannon shot). Cannon as a verb refers to colliding against somebody or something; cannon somebody, cannon something that is collide heavily or obliquely against, or into something.

Cannon ball is a large metal ball fired from cannon. Cannon folder is a file of soldiers regarded only as material that is expendable in war. Cannonade is continuous firing of heavy guns. Germany army used long range cannons to bomb Dover from the French sea-coasts during the World War II.

The British rulers were superior to Indian rulers before the Indian independence because they came with cannons (they brought with them the muzzle-loading cannons that fired cannon balls at the opponents). Cannon-bone is the tubular bone between the hock and fetlock of a horse. Canon means rules. Canon indicates general rule, standard or principle by which something is judged (The painting is against all the cannons of good taste), a list of scared books accepted as genuine (the canon of Holy Scripture), set of writings, etc accepted as genuinely by a particular author.

Canonical (adjective) means according to canon law, included in the canon, standard, accepted. Canonicals (noun) are clothes worn by a priest during church service. Canon law is the church law. Canon is a priest with special duties in a cathedral the Reverend Canon Mathew Simpson.

Canonize or canonise indicates that when somebody is officially declared as a saint (Mother Teresa to be canonised) by the Pope in the Vatican. Canonization or canonisation is an instance of canonizing or being canonozied. Henry VII broke the canons of the Church by divorcing his wife. Canon is also the name (trademark) of a camera manufacturer. If an action violates a basic canon of the church, he or she could face stern action from the Vatican. He is a canon at St George’s Church (a priestly figure).