OED Q: "canon" as "accepted body of works"? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I see:

a. Literary Criticism. A body of literary works traditionally regarded
as the most important, significant, and worthy of study; those works of
esp. Western literature considered to be established as being of the
highest quality and most enduring value; the classics (now freq. in the
canon). Also (usu. with qualifying word): such a body of literature in a
particular language, or from a particular culture, period, genre, etc.

With quotations going back to 1929.

and

b. In extended use (esp. with reference to art or music): a body of
works, etc., considered to be established as the most important or
significant in a particular field. Freq. with qualifying word.

With quotes back to 1977.




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> Is this sense not in the OED?  I must have missed it.
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