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   canonical

   /kəˈnɒnɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. according to or ordered by canon law: "the canonical rites of the Roman Church"
   • 2. included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine: "the canonical Gospels of the New Testament"
   • ▪ accepted as being accurate and authoritative: "the canonical method of comparative linguistics"
   • ▪ (of a writer or work) belonging to the literary canon: "canonical writers like Jane Austen"
   • ▪ according to recognized rules or scientific laws: "canonical nucleotide sequences"
   • ▪ relating to a general rule or standard formula.
   • 3. relating to a cathedral chapter or a member of it: "his college tutors were later his canonical colleagues"

   plural

   • 1. the prescribed official dress of the clergy: "Cardinal Bea in full canonicals"

   Derivatives

   • 1. canonically adverb

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