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canonical

[ kuh-non-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. relating to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons
  2. included in the canon of the Bible.
  3. authorized; recognized; accepted:

    canonical works.

  4. Mathematics. (of an equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form.
  5. following the pattern of a musical canon.
  6. Linguistics. (of a form or pattern) characteristic, general or basic:

    the canonical form of the past tense;

    a canonical syllable pattern.



noun

  1. canonicals, garments prescribed by canon law for clergy when officiating.

canonical

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adjective

  1. belonging to or included in a canon of sacred or other officially recognized writings
  2. belonging to or in conformity with canon law
  3. according to recognized law; accepted
  4. music in the form of a canon
  5. of or relating to a cathedral chapter
  6. of or relating to a canon (clergyman)
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Derived Forms

  • ³¦²¹Ëˆ²Ô´Ç²Ô¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦²¹Â·²Ô´Ç²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·³¦²¹Â·²Ô´Ç²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of canonical1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ³¦²¹²ÔŲԾ±³¦Äå±ô¾±²õ, equivalent to ³¦²¹²ÔŲԾ±³¦(³Ü²õ) ( canon 2 ) + -Äå±ô¾±²õ -al 1
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The "hobbling" scene—she uses a sledgehammer to break Paul’s ankles—elevated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy façade.

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The first “Eyes,†which premiered on PBS in 1987, was created by Henry Hampton and is a canonical work of not just the civil rights movement but also the docuseries format.

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Of course, the one hiccup in this is that there have been multiple seasons of canonical comics since the show went off the air in 2003.

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Will music begin to see more “lost†projects or canonical recordings revisited and altered, now up for new Grammy acclaim?

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She doesn’t mind seeing the canonical quotes passed around every time Santa Anas and fires flare up, “because I’m a Californian,†she joked.

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