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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCanonical
/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine scripture.
"The Gospel of Thomas is not part of the canonical New Testament." - 2
According to, sanctioned by, or conforming to a canon or general rule, standard, or accepted procedure.
"The professor presented the canonical approach to solving the differential equation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English word 'canonical', originating from Late Latin 'canonicalis', based on Greek 'kanon' meaning a rule or standard. Historically used in ecclesiastical contexts regarding church law and scripture, its usage expanded into mathematics, literature, and general discourse to mean authoritative, conforming to a general rule, or accepted as standard.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Canonical" is said worldwide
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canonique
Transliteration: ka.nɔ.nik
"C'est l'exemple canonique de cette théorie."
kanonisch
Transliteration: kaˈnoːnɪʃ
"Dies ist die kanonische Darstellungsweise."
canonico
Transliteration: kaˈnɔ.ni.ko
"Questo è l'approccio canonico al problema."
canónico
Transliteration: kaˈno.ni.ko
"Ese texto forma parte del corpus canónico."
canônico
Transliteration: kaˈnõ.ni.ku
"Esta é a forma canônica da equação."
प्रामाणिक
Transliteration: pramaanik
"यह इस विषय का प्रामाणिक ग्रंथ है।"
权威的
Transliteration: quán wēi de
"这是该理论的权威范例。"
정통의
Transliteration: jeongtong-ui
"이것은 그 장르의 정통한 예시이다."
正統な
Transliteration: seitō na
"これはその理論の正統な解釈です。"
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