Canonical

Word CANONICAL
Character 9
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /kə.ˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Canonical"

What do we mean by canonical?

Of, relating to, or required by canon law. adjective

Of or appearing in the biblical canon. adjective

Conforming to orthodox or well-established rules or patterns, as of procedure. adjective

Of or belonging to a cathedral chapter. adjective

Of or relating to a literary canon. adjective

Having the form of a canon. adjective

Of the nature of or constituting a canon or rule; accepted as a norm or rule: as, canonical writings.

Forming a part of the sacred canon. See canon, 3.

Conformed or conforming to rule; fixed or determined by rule; specifically, regulated by or in accordance with the canons of the church; authorized: as, canonical age; canonical hours.

Cf. ML. canonicæ vestes, canonicals. The dress or habit prescribed by canon to be worn by the clergy when they officiate; hence, the prescribed official costume or decoration of any functionary, as, in English usage, the pouch on the gown of an M.D., the coif of a serjeant-at-law, the lambskin on the hood of a B. A., the strings of an Oxford undergraduate, the tippet on a barrister's gown, proctors' and subproctors' tippets, etc.

Present in a canon, religious or otherwise. adjective

According to recognised or orthodox rules. adjective

Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner. adjective

Prototypical. adjective

In conformity with canon law. adjective

In the form of a canon. adjective

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter adjective

In canonical form. adjective

The formal robes of a priest noun

Appearing in a biblical canon adjective

The formal robes of a priest.

A URL presented in canonical form.

The real deal; a piece that is widely recognized as a genuine member of the body of work (oeuvre) of a given artist/writer/composer; a standard by which all others are compared. Urban Dictionary

The standard form of a mathmematical equation that can be written in many ways, making it easier to compare to other forms of the same equation. Urban Dictionary

(1) In agreement with the religious law. (2) In mathematics, the obvious or natural choice. Urban Dictionary

Someone or something that would be really cool to launch out of a canon. Urban Dictionary

Something an obsessed Dr Who fan can pretend is an episode of a television programmes which stopped being made years ago. Urban Dictionary

/ˈkanən/ (canonical, canonically, canons) NOUN A word to describe something that is true to the original story. Things considered “canon” are basically considered “true” (in the story). -Similar Words: Not Canon; Something that isn’t true to the original story. Head-Canon; Usually used when someone creates their own AU (Alternate Universe), and adds their own “canon” part in their story. Usually describes fiction. Often confused with “cannon”. Can be used in sentences as; Urban Dictionary

Relating to a canon. The word is mostly used in fan fiction to describe a piece of information as official. Urban Dictionary

In slang, a word used by those who write fanfiction. It refers to the original body of work that the fanfiction came from. Urban Dictionary

A piece of work -usually in reference to literature- that was written by the original author. Spin-offs, fan fiction, and any work not written by the original author of that fictional universe is considered non-canon. Urban Dictionary

1. A process where worthy people are endowed among the canon of saints. 2. The murdering of Jedi Knights by force of millions of Stormtroopers. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Canonical

The word "canonical" in example sentences

Let us call a canonical set of properties and relations of the parts which may or may not determine the properties and relations of the whole the supervenience basis. ❋ Healey, Richard (2008)

Those listening are often left speechless, because no such support exists within canonical Islamic texts. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One exception, already canonical, is the photograph of the man made to stand on a box, hooded and sprouting wires, reportedly told he would be electrocuted if he fell off. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I like rev = "canonical" - 0xDECAFBAD (tags: rev canonical url shorter discussion interesting) [...] ❋ L.m.orchard (2010)

[8] Which were these twenty-two sacred books of the Old Testament, see the Supplement to the Essay of the Old Testament, p. 25-29, viz. those we call canonical, all excepting the Canticles; but still with this further exception, that the book of apocryphal Esdras be taken into that number instead of our canonical Ezra, which seems to be no more than a later epitome of the other; which two books of Canticles and Ezra it no way appears that our Josephus ever saw. ❋ Flavius Josephus (1709)

(Luke and Acts were somehow separated in the textual drift we call the canonical process), which simply does not do enough work in light of the differences in the reception histories of the two texts; such reasons are much harder to come by than is typically thought; (c) Scholars who persist in identifying modern reconstructed readings of Luke-Acts with ancient hermeneutical reading strategies have likely not grasped the way in which the NT authors, early Apologists or Church Fathers actually worked with scripture and have, therefore, distorted hermeneutically the historical worth of their reconstructions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"remix" is the keyword canonical forces you to use if you want to use Ubuntu trademark tacone thou salt not use Ubuntu or * buntu. schestowitz ❋ Unknown (2009)

Somes scholars are ready to cite the non-canonical works as forgeries, but shy away from calling the canonical works forgeries--even thought the same kinds of historical evidences are available for both canonical and non-canonical works being forgeries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Q: Physicists in the field of quantum cosmology speak of the problem of "frozen time," which arises when you apply quantum theory to Einstein's general theory of relativity using a procedure called canonical quantization. ❋ William Harryman (2009)

Now Y, where is there substantive proof of Jesus as an historic entity, apart from the dubious so called canonical Gospels. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But according to the right, commonly called canonical, which has sought to form a State within the State, “imperium in imperio,” ecclesiastical property is sacred and intangible, because it belongs to religion and the Church; they have come of God, and not of man. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He gives another proof, not very canonical, which is that the rod of Moses might be compared to the sceptre of Priapus. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Thus, this particular view of hades was not canonical, that is it was not something that God Himself had revealed to the Jews through Scripture. ❋ Angry Professor (2007)

Ecco's book has one possible selling point for a novel infamous for its length: It's more than 400 pages shorter than the so-called canonical version, in part because it lacks many of the philosophical digressions and historical observations Tolstoy added later. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Seeing therefore I have already proved that sovereigns in their own dominions are the sole legislators; those books only are canonical, that is, law, in every nation, which are established for such by the sovereign authority. ❋ Unknown (2007)

New Testament should in this sense be canonical, that is to say, a law in any place where the law of the Commonwealth had not made it so, is contrary to the nature of a law. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I just finished reading the "canonical [list] of [auto] [plurals]" on manofleisure.us ❋ Khiddy (2004)

The canonical sum of products form for [representing] the [boolean] function OR is simply [A + B] ❋ Mkalo (2004)

(1) Canonical Investiture is the act by which a [suzerain] granted a [fief] to his [vassal]. (2) Let f be the canonical map between X and Y.... ❋ Steve M (2004)

[Yo], that [chicken] is very canonical. ❋ Shane Stahl (2004)

[Of course] "[Worzel] Gummidge" is canonical. ❋ Kd (2004)

“George was not a [canon] character is the series, but they used it in their AU, regardless.” “My AU was not canon to the original plot in the movie, but I think people will like this spin on the story.” “They had made their own [head-canon], where Lucy had survived [the explosion].” ❋ EggyYolkZ (2021)

Canonically, the [Among Us] impostors are [an alien] species that can [shapeshift]. ❋ Slymeball (2021)

Her [fanfiction] ideas screwed around with the canon storyline of [Buffy]: [The Vampire] Slayer. ❋ Kathy (2003)

I got sad at the end of [Rurouni Kenshin]: Seisouhen. Good thing it took out a lot of chunks from the original plot and wasn't written by [Nobuhiro Watsuki], or else it would have been considered canon. :D ~~~~~~~~ Oh my GOD that [Naruto fan] fiction SUCKED! Thank God it wasn't canon. ❋ Gunslingergirlvy_c_e (2007)

1. [All saints] are accepted into the canon of saints through a process known as [canonization]. 2. All the Jedi were hunted down and destroyed by millions of [Stormtroopers] through a process known as canonization. ❋ De Frosting Le Lobster (2010)

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