canonical
adjective
uk/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/us/kəˈnɑː.nɪ.kəl/(alsocanonic)canonicaladjective(IN RELIGION)
religionformalorspecialized
relatedto oraccordingto arule,principle, orlaw,especiallyin theChristianChurch:
a canonicalrule
The Popeindicatedthat he would notconsideranyapplicationsfor canonicalpardon.
- The canonicalexcommunicationof thebishopsfortheirillegalordinationswasconsidered.
- Theinfallibilityof the canonicalscripturesrestedon theauthorityofcouncilsandchurchtradition.
- The canonicalimplicationsare notclear.
- InRomanCatholicism, is there any canonicdifferencebetween adelegateand acommissary?
Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
- agnostic
- agnosticism
- Anglicanism
- animist
- anti-Catholic
- anti-Catholicism
- fetishistic
- heresy
- heretical
- humanistic
- ideologically
- ideologue
- idolatry
- mysticism
- orthodoxy
- pantheism
- superstition
- theological
- transmigration
- unbelieving
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Rules & laws
canonicaladjective(OF ARTIST, WORK)
consideredto be among thebestand mostimportant, andworthstudying:
Thespacewillallowcanonicalworksby theseartiststo be always onview.
the canonicalwritersof Americanliterature
Hisreworkedversionof thescorebecamethe canonicversion.
relatingto thebook, TV show,film, etc. thatitsfanslike andbasetheirownstories,activities, etc. on:
Someideasin fandomdeviatealongway from the canonicalmaterial.
Canonicalworksare those that areconsideredauthoritativeby thefancommunity.
- IthinkHemingway iseasilythe mostoverratedcanonicalwriterinhistory.
- This is the canonicaltextonfilmcriticism.
- Goethe isthoughtof as a canonicalfigureofWesternculture.
- Theystudycanonicalfilmsof allgenres.
- NotreDamedu Haut is one of Le Corbusier's most canonicalworks.
- Hecombinesresearchintohighlyobscureaspectsofoperawithreflectionson such canonicworksas Die Zauberflöte.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- Grinch
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy
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The visual arts in general
Cinema - general words
Writing, reading & studying music
Admirable and admired