canonical

Plural: canonicals

Adjective

• appearing in a biblical canon
  • "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"
• of or relating to or required by canon law

Adjective Satellite

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
  • "a canonical syllable pattern"
• conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; - Sinclair Lewis
  • "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"

Adj

• Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
• According to recognised or orthodox rules.
• Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
• Prototypical.
• In conformity with canon law.
• In the form of a canon.
• Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
• In canonical form.
• Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
• Related to or part of the canon of a fictional universe.

Noun

• The formal robes of a priest.
• A URL presented in canonical form.

Examples

• The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.
• The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.
• the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form

Synonyms

basic, canonic, sanctioned, natural

Antonyms

apocryphal

Anagrams of canonical