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Word entry · 9 letters

canonical

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"Accepted by rule"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaccilnnoStarts with CEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. conforming to orthodox or recognized rules

Word origin

From Middle English canonycal, from Medieval Latin canōnicālis. By surface analysis, canon + -ical.

Used in a sentence

  • The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.
  • The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.
  • the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form

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