ENIGMATICAL CANON

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 I. (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)

Synonyms:

enigma canon; enigmatic canon; enigmatical canon; riddle canon

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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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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