| | - 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.
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