postcanon

English

Alternative forms

post-canon

Etymology

From post- +‎ canon.

Adjective

postcanon (not comparable)

(religion) Postdating the development of a religious canon.
Synonym: postcanonical

Antonyms: precanonical, precanon
- 1991, Zuckerman Bruce, Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint‎^[1], page 278:
  In these instances, one is dealing with essentially a postcanon phenomenon, where editors are trying to add commentary to the book of Job.
- 1995, D. A. Carson, Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12-14‎^[2], page 69:
  In one recent review, for instance, a charismatic scholar rather acidly mocks the position of those who want to make a distinction between the way God dispenses his gifts before the completion of the inspired writings and after their completion, accusing them of forcing a dichotomy between a “precanon God” and a “postcanon God.”
- 2001, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of World Religions‎^[3], page 5:
  These postcanon works share two qualities: anonymous or pseudepigraphic authorship and unsubstantiated or obviously false connections to Jesus or his family, apostles, patriarchs, or prophets.
(chiefly fandom slang) Set or revealed after the canonical ending of a work of fiction.
Antonym: precanon
- 2017, Francesa Cappa, The Fanfiction Reader: Folk Tales or the Digital Age‎^[4], page 174:
  This allows kaydee falls not only to give us a postcanon story—what happens to Amy and Rory after the episode?
- 2022, Sarah Park Dahlen, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, “Introduction”, in Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, Sarah Park Dahlen, editors, Harry Potter and the Other Race: Justice, and Difference in the Wizarding World‎^[5], unnumbered page:
  Rowling began making postcanon remarks in interviews that diversified characters at the center of the narrative.
- 2024, Jamie MacGregor, “"'This is all I ever wanted for You, Will. For both of us.' 'It's beautiful.': Hannibal Post-Canon Fics and Queer Futurity”, in Katlin Tonti, editor, Fix-It Fics: Challenging the Status Quo through Fan Fiction‎^[6], page 116:
  At the time of writing, the most popular Hannibal fic, by a large margin, describes itself as "a post-canon Hannigram fix-it fic."