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Canonical

Canonical Meaning & Definition
Canonical Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canonical?

[adj] conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
[adj] reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
[adj] of or relating to or required by canon law
[adj] appearing in a Biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Canonical: basic | canonic | canonic | orthodox | sanctioned | standard

Related Terms | Find terms related to Canonical: abbatial | abbatical | accepted | apocalyptic | apostolic | approved | archiepiscopal | authentic | authoritative | Biblical | binding | canonic | capitular | capitulary | Christian | churchly | clerical | confessional | conventional | correct | creedal | customary | dictated | didactic | divine | doctrinal | doctrinary | dogmatic | ecclesiastic | episcopal | episcopalian | evangelic | evangelical | evangelistic | faithful | firm | formulary | Gospel | hard and fast | inspired | instructive | literal | mandatory | Mariological | ministerial | Mosaic | New-Testament | of the faith | official | Old-Testament | orthodox | orthodoxical | pastoral | physicotheological | preceptive | prelatial | prelatic | prescribed | prescript | prescriptive | priestish | priestly | priest-ridden | proper | prophetic | rabbinic | received | regulation | religious | revealed | revelational | right | rubric | sacerdotal | sanctioned | scriptural | sound | standard | statutory | textual | textuary | theological | theopneustic | traditional | traditionalistic | true | true-blue | ultramontane

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