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ca·non·i·cal

 (kə-nŏn′ĭ-kəl) also ca·non·ic (-ĭk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or required by canon law.
2. Of or appearing in the biblical canon.
3. Conforming to orthodox or well-established rules or patterns, as of procedure.
4. Of or belonging to a cathedral chapter.
5. Of or relating to a literary canon: a canonical writer like Keats.
6. Music Having the form of a canon.

ca·non′i·cal·ly adv.
can′on·ic′i·ty (kăn′ə-nĭs′ĭ-tē) n.
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canonical

(kəˈnɒnɪkəl) or

canonic

adj
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) belonging to or included in a canon of sacred or other officially recognized writings
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) belonging to or in conformity with canon law
3. according to recognized law; accepted
4. (Classical Music) music in the form of a canon
5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to a cathedral chapter
caˈnonically adv
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ca•non•i•cal

(kəˈnɒn ɪ kəl)

adj. Also, ca•non′ic.
1. pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons.
2. included in the canon of the Bible.
3. authorized; recognized; accepted.
4. (of a mathematical equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form.
n.
5. canonicals, garments prescribed by canon law for clergy when officiating.
[1150–1200; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Medieval Latin]
ca•non′i•cal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.canonical - appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"
2.canonical - of or relating to or required by canon law
3.canonical - reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
standard - established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence; "a standard reference work"; "the classical argument between free trade and protectionism"
4.canonical - conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world"
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canonical

adjective authorized, accepted, approved, recognized, sanctioned, orthodox, authoritative Caravaggio has finally attained canonical status as an artist.
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canonical

adjective
Adhering to beliefs or practices approved by authority or tradition:
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Translations
مُطابِقٌ للشَّرع الكَنَسي
kanonickýknežský
kanoniskkirkeretsligt
kanonischvorschriftsmäßig
canoniqueornement
kánoni
í samræmi viî kirkjurétt
canonicacanonico
kanoniskkirkerettslig
kanonický
kutsal olanlara ait
按照教规的

canonical

[kəˈnɒnɪkəl] ADJcanónico
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canonical

adj
(Eccl) → kanonisch; canonical dressPriestergewand nt
(fig, = accepted) → anerkannt, rechtmäßig
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canon

(ˈkӕnən) noun
1. a rule (especially of the church).
2. a clergyman belonging to a cathedral.
3. a list of saints.
4. a musical composition in which one part enters after another in imitation.
5. all the writings of an author that are accepted as genuine. the Shakespeare canon.
caˈnonical (-ˈno-) adjective
ˈcanonize, ˈcanonise verb
to place in the list of saints. Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920.
ˌcanoniˈzation, ˌcanoniˈsation noun
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Moreover, from today's perspective, Spero's effort to be heard can be shown to have succeeded, at least art.-institiitionally speaking: Having become a canonical name in feminist art in the '90s, Spero is now canonical, period--with all the intriguing paradoxes that shift in status trails in its wake.
* A CNAME record or canonical name record makes one domain name an alias of another.
With the rise of what Bauman terms the "supermarket of identities," the political and ideological aims of feminist re-vision are now realized in a "commercially viable form" based on the symbolic capital attached to the canonical names invoked by the rewriting, as when Emma Tennant's Addle (2003) is subtitled Jane Eyre's Hidden Story.
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