canonical

  • (a) appearing in a biblical canon
    • a canonical book of the Christian New Testament
    canonic,
  • (a) of or relating to or required by canon law canonic,
  • (s) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
    • a basic story line
    • a canonical syllable pattern
    basic, canonic,
  • (s) conforming to orthodox or recognized rules
    • "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis
    sanctioned, canonic,

Synonyms

canonic basic sanctioned

Words of close approximity

canonical hour canonically