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Canon Law, Code of
official compilation of ecclesiastical law promulgated in 1917 and again, in revised form, in 1983, for Roman Catholics of the Latin rite. The code obliges Roman Catholics of Eastern rites ...
canonical ensemble
in physics, a functional relationship for a system of particles that is useful for calculating the overall statistical and thermodynamic behaviour of the system without explicit reference to the detailed ...
canonical hours
in music, settings of the public prayer service (divine office) of the Roman Catholic Church, divided into Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline. The early monastic communities ...
canonization
official act of a Christian church declaring one of its deceased members worthy of public cult and entering his or her name in the canon, or authorized list, of recognized ...
Canopic jar
in ancient Egyptian funerary ritual, covered vessel of wood, stone, pottery, or faience in which was buried the embalmed viscera removed from a body during the process of mummification. The ...
Canopus
ancient Egyptian city on the western coast of the Nile River delta, in al-Iskandariyah muhafazah (governorate). Known to the Greeks as Kanopos, its Egyptian name was PeGewat. The Canopic branch ...
Canopus
second brightest star (after Sirius) in the night sky, with a visual magnitude of -0.73. Lying in the southern constellation Carina, about 100 light-years from the Earth, Canopus is sometimes ...
Canopus, Decree of
ancient bilingual, trigraphic Egyptian decree that provided a key for deciphering hieroglyphic and the simpler demotic scripts. The decree, written in Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphs, was promulgated March 7, 238 ...
canopy
in architecture, a projecting hood or cover suspended over an altar, statue, or niche. It originally symbolized a divine and royal presence and was probably derived from the cosmic audience ...
Canosa di Puglia
town, Bari province, Puglia (Apulia) region, southeastern Italy, on the right bank of the Ofanto (ancient Aufidus) River, overlooking the Tavoliere (tableland) di Puglia, just southwest of Barletta. Ancient Canusium ...
Canossa
ruined 10th-century castle southwest of Reggio nell'Emilia in Italy, famous as the meeting place (1077) of Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV. The stronghold was built c. 940 by ...
Canova, Antonio, Marchese d'Ischia
Italian sculptor, one of the greatest exponents of Neoclassicism. Among his works are the tombs of popes Clement XIV (1783-87; SS. Apostoli, Rome) and Clement XIII (1787-92; St. Peter's, Rome) ...
Canovas del Castillo, Antonio
Spanish historian, statesman, and prime minister, whose political activity brought about the restoration of Spain's Bourbon dynasty. He was the author of Spain's 1876 constitution.
Canrobert, Certain
soldier and political figure who as a marshal of France (from 1856) was a supporter of Napoleon III.
Canso, Strait of
a channel separating Cape Breton Island from the Nova Scotia, Canada, mainland, leading from Chedabucto Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean) to St. Georges Bay and the Northumberland Strait. ...
Cantabri
ancient Iberian tribe with a strong Celtic element; its people were subdued by the Romans after protracted campaigns beginning before 200 BC. Their homelands lay among the Cantabrian Mountains along ...
Cantabria
comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community") and historic region of Spain, coextensive with the northern Spanish provincia of Cantabria, formerly called Santander. The community was established by the statute of autonomy of ...
Cantabria
provincia, in Cantabria comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community"), northern Spain, bordering the Bay of Biscay. It is popularly known as La Montana ("The Mountain"), for its highlands that increase in height ...
Cantabrian Mountains
mountain chain generally extending along the northern coast of Spain for approximately 180 miles (300 km). Scenic and well-forested (with beeches and maritime pines), the mountains are geologically of similar ...
cantala
(Agave cantala), plant of the family agave (Agavaceae) and its fibre, belonging to the leaf-fibre group, obtained from plant leaves. The plant has been cultivated in the Philippines since 1783 ...
cantar
in Spanish literature, originally, the lyrics of a song. The word was later used for a number of different poetic forms. In modern times it has been used specifically for ...
Cantar de Mio Cid
Spanish epic poem of the mid-12th century, the earliest surviving monument of Spanish literature and generally considered one of the great medieval epics and one of the masterpieces of Spanish ...
cantata
(from Italian cantare, "to sing"), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played instrumentally; now, loosely, any work for voices and instruments.
cante jondo
(Andalusian Spanish: "deep song," or "grand song"), the most serious and deeply moving variety of flamenco, or Spanish Gypsy song. The cante jondo developed a distinctive melodic style, the foremost ...
Canteloube, Joseph
French composer, pianist, and folk-song collector best known for his compositions that evoke the landscape of his native region.
Cantelupe, Saint Thomas de
reformist, educator, English church prelate, bishop, and defender of episcopal jurisdiction who played an important role in the Barons' War.
canter
a three-beat collected gait of a horse during which one or the other of the forelegs and both hind legs lead practically together, followed by the other foreleg and then ...
Canterbury
historic town and surrounding city in the administrative and historic county of Kent, southeastern England. Its cathedral has been the primary ecclesiastical centre of England since the early 7th century ...
Canterbury
local government region, east-central South Island, New Zealand, centred on the Canterbury Plains. The region borders the Pacific Ocean to the east and extends southward from the vicinity of Kaikoura ...
Canterbury and York, Convocations of
in the Church of England, ecclesiastical assemblies of the provinces of Canterbury and of York that meet two or three times a year and, since the mid-19th century, have been ...
Canterbury Plains
lowland area of east-central South Island, New Zealand. The plains cover an area of 150 by 45 miles (240 by 70 km) bordering on the Pacific Ocean. The Rangitata, Rakaia, ...
Canterbury, archbishop of
in the Church of England, the primate of all England and archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Canterbury, which approximately includes the area of England ...
Canth, Minna
novelist and dramatist, a late 19th-century leader of the revival of the Finnish vernacular and Realist movement.
canticle
(from Latin canticulum, diminutive of canticum, "song"), a scriptural hymn text, used in various Christian liturgies, that is similar to a psalm in form and content but appears apart from ...
cantiga
genre of 13th-century Spanish monophonic, or unison, song, often honouring the Virgin Mary. The most famous collection is a manuscript, the Cantigas de Santa Maria, compiled by King Alfonso X ...
cantilena
in late medieval and early Renaissance music, term for certain vocal forms as they were known in the 15th century; also a musical texture used widely in both secular and ...
cantilever
beam supported at one end and carrying a load at the other end or distributed along the unsupported portion. The upper half of the thickness of such a beam is ...
cantillation
in music, intoned liturgical recitation of scriptural texts, guided by signs originally devised as textual accents, punctuations, and indications of emphasis. Such signs, termed ecphonetic signs, appear in manuscripts of ...
Cantillon, Richard
Irish economist and financier who wrote one of the earliest treatises on modern economics.
Cantinflas
one of the most popular entertainers in the history of Latin-American cinema. An internationally known clown, acrobat, musician, bullfighter, and satirist, he was identified with the comic figure of a ...
canto
major division of an epic or other long narrative poem. An Italian term, derived from the Latin cantus ("song"), it probably originally indicated a portion of a poem that could ...
Canton
city, seat (1834) of Madison county, central Mississippi, U.S. The city lies on a low divide between the Pearl and Big Black rivers 20 miles (32 km) north of Jackson. ...
Canton
city, seat (1808) of Stark county, northeastern Ohio, U.S. The city lies 60 miles (97 km) south-southeast of Cleveland. It is the focus of a metropolitan area that includes the ...
Canton
city, Fulton county, west-central Illinois, U.S. It lies in the Illinois River valley between the Illinois and Spoon rivers, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Peoria. Founded in 1825 ...
Canton
city, capital of Kwangtung sheng (province), southeastern China. It lies near the head of the Pearl River Estuary (Chu Chiang K'ou), more than 90 miles (145 kilometres) ...
Canton
city, seat (1867) of Lincoln county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. It lies along the Big Sioux River at the Iowa border, about 20 miles (30 km) southeast of Sioux Falls. ...
canton
political subdivision in France, Switzerland, and other European countries.
Canton
town (township), Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., lying just south of Boston along the Neponset River. Settled in 1650, it was known by its Algonquian name, Punkapoag, and was part ...
Canton enamel
Chinese painted enamel, so named for the principal place of its manufacture, Canton. Painted-enamel techniques were originally developed in Limoges, Fr., from about 1470. These techniques were introduced into China ...
Canton system
trading pattern that developed between Chinese and foreign merchants, especially British, in the South China trading city of Canton from the 17th to the 19th century. The major characteristics of ...
Canton, John
British physicist and teacher.
Cantonese language
variety of Chinese spoken by more than 55 million people in Guangdong and southern Guangxi provinces of China, including the important cities of Canton, Hong Kong, and Macau. Throughout the ...
cantor
in Judaism and Christianity, an ecclesiastical official in charge of music or chants.
Cantor, Eddie
American comedian and star of vaudeville, burlesque, the legitimate stage, radio, and television.
Cantor, Georg
German mathematician who founded set theory and introduced the mathematically meaningful concept of transfinite numbers, indefinitely large but distinct from one another.
Cantor, Moritz Benedikt
German historian of mathematics, one of the greatest of the 19th century.
Cantu
town, Como provincia, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy, southeast of Como city. The town has miscellaneous industries, principally the manufacture of furniture, lace, and hardware. There is a school of ...
cantus firmus
preexistent melody, such as a plainchant excerpt, underlying a polyphonic musical composition (one consisting of several independent voices or parts). The 11th- and 12th-century organum added a simple second melody ...
Canute
Danish king of England (1016-35), of Denmark (as Canute II; 1019-35), and of Norway (1028-35), who was a power in the politics of Europe in the 11th century, respected by ...
Canute IV
martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086.
Canute VI
king of Denmark (coregent, 1170-82; king, 1182-1202), during whose reign Denmark withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire and extended its dominion along the southern Baltic coast to Pomerania, Mecklenburg, and ...
canvas
stout cloth probably named after cannabis (Latin: "hemp"). Hemp and flax fibre have been used for ages to produce cloth for sails. Certain classes are termed sailcloth or canvas synonymously. ...
canvasback
(species Aythya valisineria), bay duck, or pochard (q.v.), of the family Anatidae, one of the most popular of game birds. The male canvasback is a relatively large duck, weighing about ...
Canvey Island
low-lying island on the north shore of the Thames estuary, Castle Point borough, administrative and historic county of Essex, England. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge at ...
Canyon
city, seat (1889) of Randall county, northern Texas, U.S., in the Texas Panhandle, 16 miles (26 km) south of Amarillo, at a point where the Palo Duro and Tierra Blanca ...
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
area of rock formations and archaeological sites in northeastern Arizona, U.S., on the Navajo Indian reservation immediately east of Chinle. The name is a Spanish corruption of tsegi, a Navajo ...
Canyonlands National Park
desert wilderness of water-eroded sandstone spires, canyons, and mesas, with Archaic Native American petroglyphs, in southeastern Utah, U.S., just southwest of Moab and Arches National Park. Established in 1964, it ...
canzona
, 16th-century Italian polyphonic genre as well as an important type of instrumental music in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 18th- and 19th-century music, canzona refers to a lyrical ...
Canzoneri, Tony
American professional boxer who held world championships in the featherweight, lightweight, and junior-welterweight divisions.
canzonet
form of 16th-century (c. 1565 and later) Italian vocal music. It was the most popular of the lighter secular forms of the period in Italy and England and perhaps in ...
Cao Bang
town in northeastern Vietnam. Cao Bang is an administrative and market centre, located about 16 miles (25 km) south of the Vietnam-China border on the Bang Giang River, which flows ...
Cao Dai
("High Tower," a Taoist epithet for the supreme god), syncretist modern Vietnamese religious movement with a strongly nationalist political character. Cao Dai draws upon ethical precepts from Confucianism, occult practices ...
Cao Lanh
city, located about 75 miles (120 km) west and slightly south of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), southwestern Vietnam. Cao Lanh is on the left bank of the Mekong ...
Cao Yu
Chinese playwright who was a pioneer in huaju ("word drama"), a genre influenced by Western theatre rather than traditional Chinese drama (which is usually sung).
Cao Zhan
author of Hongloumeng (Dream of the Red Chamber), generally considered China's greatest novel. A partly autobiographical work, it is written in the vernacular and describes in lingering detail the decline ...
Cao Zhi
one of China's greatest lyric poets and the son of the famous general Cao Cao.