canonical

 
Pronunciation: /kəˈnɒnɪk(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1according to or ordered by canon law: the canonical rites of the Roman Church
  • 2included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine: the canonical Gospels of the New Testament
  • accepted as being accurate and authoritative: the canonical method of comparative linguistics
  • (of a writer or work) belonging to the literary canon: canonical writers like Jane Austen
  • according to recognized rules or scientific laws: canonical nucleotide sequences
  • Mathematics relating to a general rule or standard formula.
  • 3relating to a cathedral chapter or a member of it: his college tutors were later his canonical colleagues

plural noun

(canonicals)
  • the prescribed official dress of the clergy: Cardinal Bea in full canonicals

Derivatives

canonically

adverb