CANONIC
canonic, canonical, sanctioned
(adjective) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; “the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing”- Sinclair Lewis
basic, canonic, canonical
(adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; “a basic story line”; “a canonical syllable pattern”
canonic, canonical
(adjective) of or relating to or required by canon law
canonic, canonical
(adjective) appearing in a biblical canon; “a canonical book of the Christian New Testament”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
canonic (comparative more canonic, superlative most canonic)
canonical
Anagrams
• Cancino
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*non"ic, Can*non"ic*al, a Etym: [L. cannonicus, LL. canonicalis,
fr. L. canon: cf. F. canonique. See canon.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a
, canon or canons. "The oath of canonical obedience." Hallam.
Canonical books, or Canonical Scriptures, those books which are
declared by the canons of the church to be of divine inspiration; --
called collectively the canon. The Roman Catolic Church holds as
canonical several books which Protestants reject as apocryphal.
– Canonical epistles, an appellation given to the epistles called
also general or catholic. See Catholic epistles, under Canholic.
– Canonical form (Math.), the simples or most symmetrical form to
which all functions of the same class can be reduced without lose of
generality.
– Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by
ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and
devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at
stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the
hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and
after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish
church.
– Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly given by a
dishop to traveling clergymam or laymen, to show that they were
entitled to receive the cammunion, and to distinguish them from
heretics.
– Canonical life, the method or rule of living prescribed by the
ancient cleargy who lived in community; a course of living prescribed
for the clergy, less rigid that the monastic, and more restrained
that the secular.
– Canonical obedience, submission to the canons of a canons of a
church, especially the submission of the inferior cleargy to their
bishops, and of other religious orders to their supriors.
– Canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as
excommunication, degradation, penance, etc.
– Canonical sins (Anc. Church.), those for which capital punishment
or puplic penance decreed by the canon was inflicted, as idolatry,
murder, adultery, heresy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition