Canonical
canonical
adj.
pertaining to the laws of the Christian church
Canonical
The term
canonical may refer to:
Mathematics
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- Canonical coordinates, sets of coordinates which can be used to describe a physical system at any given point in time
- Canonical form, a natural unique representation of an object, or a preferred notation for some object
- Canonical homomorphism, canonical isomorphism: an homomorphism that is uniquely defined by its main property
- Canonical polyhedron, in geometry a polyhedron whose edges are all tangent to a common sphere, whose center is the average of its vertices (midsphere)
- Canonical representative, in set theory a standard member of each element of a set partition
canonical
Adjective
1. appearing in a Biblical canon; "a canonical book of the Christian New Testament"
(synonym) canonic
(pertainym) canon
2. of or relating to or required by canon law
(synonym) canonic
(pertainym) canon law, ecclesiastical law
3. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
(synonym) basic, canonic
(similar) standard
4. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
(synonym) canonic, sanctioned
(similar) orthodox
canonical
adj.
canonical, pertaining to the laws of the Christian church; easy, comfortable, worry-free
canonical
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.