the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to, a canon or canons.
adj. Appearing in a Biblical canon.
adj. Accepted as authoritative; recognized.
adj. In its standard form, usually also the simplest form; -- of an equation or coordinate.
adj. Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality. Opposite of nonstandard.
adj. Pertaining to or resembling a musical canon.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Same as canonical.
n. [Gr. το\ κανονικόν, neut. of κανονικός: see above.] In the Epicurean philosophy, a name for logic, considered as supplying a norm or rule to which reasoning has to conform.
n. The theory of music.
n. One who practises music.
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adj. of or relating to or required by canon law
adj. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
adj. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
adj. appearing in a biblical canon
Word Usage
"It specifies that sodomy in canonic and civil laws referred to a set of acts not to an individual; the laws did not define a subject except in the juridical sense. ["