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/kəˈnɑnək/
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ADJECTIVE
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reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
a basic story line
a canonical syllable pattern -
conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing -
appearing in a biblical canon
a canonical book of the Christian New Testament - of or relating to or required by canon law
How To Use canonic In A Sentence
- Make sure that the construction proposal is reliable, the working procedure works canonically, and the construction monitor goes effectively.
- 'Fraternitas canonicum in Ecclesia statutum non habet et eius ministri nullum ministerium legitime agere possunt.' RORATE CÆLI
- However, he is at pains to point out that there is no one author of the canonic interpretation of a particular building; it is developed collectively over time, the cumulative, filtered effect of many previous responses.
- The other canonical hours have short lessons called capitula, originally lectiunculœ, sometimes capitella. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
- the deacon was canonically inducted
- He was the first to identify the group of four canonical sciences (logistic [arithmetic], geometry, astronomy and music), which would become known as the quadrivium in the middle ages. Archytas
- We used the RT of the element present in sequence AC006067 as the canonical copy for the analyses presented in figure 3.
- For his opening move — in which "Oh" would have been a feasible if less canonic alternative (fully licensed by the dictionary) — is a line that negotiates in process between the vocal base line of expressive oralilty, on the near hand, and, at expression's farthest reach, the vocative asymptote of natural communion with inanimate energy. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
- The Women of St. Mark's thought their own life histories and productivity rendered irrelevant or moot the questions of access, representation, canonicity, and literary history that feminists raised.
- He did sometimes express amazement that some of the great canonical books (The Faerie Queene comes to mind) were taken seriously; this was part of his conversational charm.