canonical

[US]/kəˈnɒnɪkl/
[UK]/kəˈnɑːnɪkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. according to established rules or recognized authority
n. ecclesiastical attire

Phrases & Collocations

canonical text

canonical literature

canonical example

canonical correlation

canonical correlation analysis

canonical form

canonical transformation

canonical ensemble

canonical analysis

jordan canonical form

Example Sentences

the canonical method of comparative linguistics.

a canonical syllable pattern

the canonical rites of the Roman Church.

the canonical Gospels of the New Testament.

canonical writers like Jane Austen.

he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling.

Real-world Examples

The periods during which they worshipped were called the canonical hours.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

At Solesmes the bells call you to the church to hear these canonical hours.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

The sprinkling, and, indeed, the immersion of adults is a perfectly canonical practice.

Source: Not to be taken lightly.

These are known as the " canonical five" , meaning they were part of his killer canon.

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

For wildlife ecologists, the story of the reintroduction of wolves to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem on January 12, 1995, has become canonical.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2022 Collection

They'd have to sift through hundreds of canonical texts, thousands of medicinal and herbal treatments going back hundreds of years.

Source: Money Earth

Ok so we're flying up the river and after the Capitoline Hill we see the Palatine Hill, another one of the seven canonical hills of Rome.

Source: Khan Academy Open Course: Art and History

Nothing in our world, with the possible exception of Shakespeare in certain corners of it, has the canonical status that the Greeks assigned to Homer in particular.

Source: Simon Critchley - Tragedy the Greeks and Us

The silly being affects to be learned, pretends to examine the canonical books, lends her aid toward the new-fashioned reformation of Christendom, moral and critical, and shrugs up her shoulders at the mention of Lavater's enthusiasm.

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

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