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ENIGMATICAL CANON

• ENIGMATICAL CANON (noun)
The noun ENIGMATICAL CANON has 1 sense:

1. a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)

Familiarity information: ENIGMATICAL CANON used as a noun is very rare.

• ENIGMATICAL CANON (noun)

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Meaning:

A canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

enigma canon; enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; riddle canon

Hypernyms ("enigmatical canon" is a kind of...):

canon (a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts)

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"Who does well, meets goodwill."
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