Answer to "General rule" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CANON , but the solution may also be PRECEPT which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in New York Times).

General rule crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CANON	60 %	5
PRECEPT	40 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: General rule

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• golden rule
• generalised
• in general
• generalisable
• generalizable
• generalities
• generalize
• generalise
• generalization
• generalized
• generalizing
• generality

Crossword Answer definitions

CANON noun

1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
11. Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
12. A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
15. A carom.

CANON noun

1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

CANON noun

1. A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or twice that number and two bridges.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result CANON

• Collected works
• See 9-Across
• Ecclesiastical law
• Body of okayed works
• Body of standards
• Contrapuntal piece
• Church law
• Secular law
• Pachelbel's "___ in D"
• Maker of cameras and copiers

More clues leading to the result PRECEPT

• Maxim
• Rule of conduct
• Moral principle
• Directive
• Commandment
• Rule of moral conduct
• Commandment.
• Maxim.
• Principle.
• Law.