a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"
a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation; "the program lasted more than two hours"
a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need; "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
(computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event; "you can't tell the players without a program"
arrange a program of or for; "program the 80th birthday party"