canonical.
Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
Meaning & usage
Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.
According to recognised or orthodox rules.
The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.
Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form
Prototypical.
In conformity with canon law.
In the form of a canon.
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
In canonical form.
Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
Related to or part of the canon of a fictional universe; officially part of a fictional work’s established continuity.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English canonycal, from Medieval Latin canōnicālis. By surface analysis, canon + -ical.
The formal robes of a priest.
A URL presented in canonical form.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English canonycal, from Medieval Latin canōnicālis. By surface analysis, canon + -ical.
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