General rule Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: General rule crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on April 22 2025 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for General rule has a total of 5 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | CANON | General rule | Wall Street Journal |
| 20% | MORALLAW | General rule of proper living | Newsday |
Definition
| • | A law or rule. |
| • | A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. |
| • | The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a. |
| • | In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. |
| • | A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. |
| • | A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church. |
| • | A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation. |
| • | The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church. |
| • | The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank. |
| • | See Carom. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Wall Street Journal: Apr 22, 2025
- New York Times: Jul 9, 2023
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