canonical

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective appearing in a biblical canon
adjective of or relating to or required by canon law
adjective reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality

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

The canonical, the physical, and the ethical. — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius
{FN4-6} The ancient four VEDAS comprise over 100 extant canonical books. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
It is the canonical subjection in the full force of its abnegation. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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