Both Uses of
canon
in
War and Peace
- I imagine," he went on, warming to his subject, "that the Emperor himself would not be satisfied to find in us merely owners of serfs whom we are willing to devote to his service, and chair a canon * we are ready to make of ourselves—and not to obtain from us any co-co-counsel."†
Chpt 9
- Yes, it was the same flesh, the same chair a canon, the sight of which had even then filled him with horror, as by a presentiment.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(canon as in: a canonical requirement) an official or established rule or principle; or a collection of such rules or principles (often in reference to rules or principles of a church)editor's notes: Historically, a canon was a church law.