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canonical
adjective
1 canonical
Appearing in a biblical canon:
— A canonical book of the Christian New Testament.
synonym: canonic.
Roget 995:
ecclesiastical,
ecclesiological†;
clerical,
sacerdotal,
priestly,
prelatical,
pastoral,
ministerial,
capitular†,
theocratic;
hierarchical,
archiepiscopal;
episcopal,
episcopalian;
canonical;
monastic,
monachal†;
monkish;
abbatial†,
abbatical†;
Anglican†;
pontifical,
papal,
apostolic,
Roman,
Popish;
ultramontane,
priest-ridden.
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Roget 82:
conformable to rule;
regular
etc.
136;
according to regulation,
according to rule,
according to Hoyle,
according to Cocker,
according to Gunter;
en regle [Fr.],
selon les regles [Fr.],
well regulated,
orderly;
symmetric
etc.
242.
conventional
etc.
(customary)
613;
of daily occurrence,
of everyday occurrence;
in the natural order of things;
ordinary,
common,
habitual,
usual,
everyday,
workaday.
in the order of the day;
naturalized.
typical,
normal,
nominal,
formal;
canonical,
orthodox,
sound,
strict,
rigid,
positive,
uncompromising,
Procrustean.
secundum artem [Lat.],
shipshape,
technical.
exempIe [Fr.].
illustrative,
in point.
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Roget 985:
scriptural,
biblical,
sacred,
prophetic;
evangelical,
evangelistic;
apostolic,
apostolical†;
inspired,
theopneustic†,
theophneusted†,
apocalyptic,
ecclesiastical,
canonical,
textuary†.
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Polish: kanoniczny
2 canonical
Of or relating to or required by canon law.
synonym: canonic.
Polish: kanoniczny
3 canonical
Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality:
— A canonical syllable pattern.
synonyms: basic, canonic.
4 canonical
Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules:
— The drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing.
synonyms: canonic, sanctioned.
Moby thesaurus: Biblical, Christian, Gospel, Mariological, Mosaic, New-Testament, Old-Testament, abbatial, abbatical, accepted, apocalyptic, apostolic, approved, archiepiscopal, authentic, authoritative, binding, canonic, capitular, capitulary, churchly, clerical, confessional, conventional, correct, creedal, customary, dictated, didactic, divine, doctrinal, doctrinary, dogmatic, ecclesiastic, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelic, evangelical, evangelistic, faithful, firm, formulary, gospel, hard and fast, inspired, instructive, literal, mandatory, ministerial, of the faith, official, orthodox, orthodoxical, pastoral, physicotheological, preceptive, prelatial, prelatic, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, proper, prophetic, rabbinic, received, regulation, religious, revealed, revelational, right, rubric, sacerdotal, sanctioned, scriptural, sound, standard, statutory, textual, textuary, theological, theopneustic, traditional, traditionalistic, true, true-blue, ultramontane ... show more.
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