Synonyms of the word canonical


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canonical

  • adj. Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
  • adj. According to recognised or orthodox rules.
  • adj. Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
  • adj. Prototypical.
  • adj. (religion) In conformity with canon law.
  • adj. (music) In the form of a canon.
  • adj. (religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
  • adj. (mathematics, computing) In canonical form.
  • adj. (mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does…
  • n. (Roman Catholicism) The formal robes of a priest.

basic

  • adj. Necessary, essential for life or some process.
  • adj. Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
  • adj. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
  • adj. (slang) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
  • n. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
  • n. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
  • n. (military) Basic training.

canonic

  • adj. canonical.

jurisprudence

  • n. (law) The philosophy, science, and study of law.

law

  • n. (uncountable) The body of rules and standards issued by the legislative body, or to be applied by courts…
  • n. A particular such rule.
  • n. (more generally) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are…
  • n. (sciences, strictly) A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word…
  • n. (mathematics) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
  • n. A category of English "common law" petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms…
  • n. (cricket) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
  • n. (slang, uncountable) The police.
  • n. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
  • n. An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
  • n. (obsolete) a tumulus of stones.
  • n. (Scottish and northern dialectal, archaic) a hill.
  • interj. (dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.

orthodox

  • adj. Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.
  • adj. Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.
  • adj. (botany, of seed, pollen, spores) Viable for a long time, viable when dried to low moisture content.

prescript

  • n. Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
  • n. (obsolete) A medical prescription.
  • adj. Directed; prescribed.

rule

  • n. A regulation, law, guideline.
  • n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
  • n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
  • n. A regulating principle.
  • n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
  • n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
  • n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
  • n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
  • n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
  • n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
  • v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
  • v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
  • v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
  • v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
  • v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

sanctioned

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of sanction.

standard

  • adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
  • adj. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
  • adj. Having recognized excellence or authority.
  • adj. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
  • adj. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
  • adj. As normally supplied (not optional).
  • n. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
  • n. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
  • n. A manual transmission vehicle.
  • n. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
  • n. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch…
  • n. A large drinking cup.

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