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ENIGMA CANON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries)
Synonyms:
enigma canon; enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; riddle canon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("enigma 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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