canonical
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kə.ˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩/
Adjective
canonical (comparative more canonical, superlative most canonical)
- 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.
- (religion) In conformity with canon law.
- (music) In the form of a canon.
- (religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
- (mathematics, computing) In canonical form.
- (mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
Synonyms
- (mathematics): natural
Antonyms
- (scripture): apocryphal
Derived terms
Translations
present in a canon, religious or otherwise
according to recognised or orthodox rules
Prototypical — see prototypical
(religion) in conformity with canon law
(music) in the form of a canon
in canonical form
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Noun
canonical (plural canonicals)
- (Roman Catholicism) The formal robes of a priest
- 1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent:
- When I was a boy I was a passionate atheist, I defied God, and so far as God is the mere sanction of social traditions and pressures, a mere dressing up of the crowd's will in canonicals, I do still deny him and repudiate him.
- 1891, Emily Sarah Holt, The White Lady of Hazelwood:
- Mr Altham rose, as in duty bound, in honour to a priest, and a priest who, as he dimly discerned by his canonicals, was not altogether a common one.
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