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US
/kəˈnɑnəkəɫ/
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[ UK /kɐnˈɒnɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /kɐnˈɒnɪkəl/ ]
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 canonical In A Sentence
- Make sure that the construction proposal is reliable, the working procedure works canonically, and the construction monitor goes effectively.
- Inwardly glowing with impatience, Arthur yet saw the necessity of obeying his guide; and when he had pulled the long and loose upper vestment from the old man, he stood before him in a cassock of black serge, befitting his order and profession, but begirt, not with a suitable sash such as clergymen wear, but with a most uncanonical buff-belt, supporting a short two-edged sword, calculated alike to stab and to smite. Anne of Geierstein
- 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.
- 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.
- Arthur Miller's drama has so long been accorded canonical status that it can easily be taken for granted.
- These canonical connections are often suggestive but may be mistaken for literary or theological leveling unless the reader is made aware of the different redemptive historical settings of the pericopes involved.
- Immediately opposite was a grotesque figure of Satan, no doubt in canonicals also, with cloven foot and horns, belching out fire and brimstone on the terrified audience.