canonical
/kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
adj
adj
In conformity with canon law.
adj
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
adj
In canonical form.
Example Sentences
- "The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book."
- "In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]"
- "It was not the substance of any doctrine that was at issue: the official, canonical version of dialectical materialism that was later adopted was virtually indistinguishable from Deborin's."
- "The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules."
- "While bills are being brought into the House of Commons to regulate every thing, from the sweeps crying "sweep," to "emancipation, vote by ballot, and free trade," is there no county member whose "time and talents" are devoted to "domestic policy," who will bring in a bill "for the better regulation of the marriage ceremony," and put the canonical hours later in the day?"
- "the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: canonycal, canōnicālis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/
- British English: /kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.