Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enigmatic_canon

1 sense of enigmatic canon

Sense 1
enigma canon, enigmatic canon, enigmatical canon, riddle canon -- (a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries))
       => canon -- (a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts)