canonical

adjective

Definition of canonicalnext
1
as in apostolic

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2
as in authoritative

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Recent Examples of canonical Dropping Mando, Grogu, Ahsoka and Boba Fett into the canonical Galaxy’s Edge meant the four characters couldn’t die until 35 ABY — effectively tying the hands of future Star Wars storytellers. — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2025 The most canonical theory of invisibility’s effect on behavior is perhaps the Ring of Gyges: the invisibility device mentioned in Plato’s Republic. — Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025 The source code shows that the site’s canonical tags direct search engines to x.com rather than DOGE.gov. — David Gilbert, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025 Auro Montanari) included it in his canonical book Patek Philippe Steel Watches, thus cementing this specific 1518 as one of the most important in the world. — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for canonical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canonical
  1. apostolic
  2. authoritative
  3. papal
  4. licensed
  5. certified
  6. episcopal
  7. legitimate
  8. clerical
Adjective
  • What People Are Saying Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led Wednesday night's gathering, urging the faithful to pray for the pope's swift return to his apostolic mission.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of apostolic
Adjective
  • Content Creation and Thought Leadership In an attention economy where organic visibility grows increasingly scarce, content strategists who craft compelling, authoritative material have become revenue drivers rather than cost centers.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • While some authoritative voices speak with optimism, others do not share the same tone.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of authoritative
Adjective
  • Finally Met Joan Baez: 'Absolutely Surreal' Directed by Edward Berger, papal drama-thriller Conclave recently nabbed the best film prize at the 2025 BAFTA Awards.
    — Jen Juneau, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, pointed out this week that a papal resignation is not on the cards and that Francis will give everything to recover.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Definition of papal
Adjective
  • Klarna has operated as a fully licensed bank in Europe since 2017, according to the filing.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos,Ari Levy, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The licensed practitioners who prescribe the patients must be certified to prescribe Schedule 2 drugs.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of licensed
Adjective
  • Weeks later, the Army Corps of Engineers had tagged the trees for removal, but certified arborists had inspected them as a second opinion and deemed them healthy.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Patients above the age of 21, at the behest of a certified practitioner, can avail of a medical cannabis card that would be valid for one year.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of certified
Adjective
  • The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.
    — Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.
    — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
Definition of episcopal
Adjective
  • In addition to gaining access to victims' networks, the group is also hijacking legitimate accounts, including those of healthcare organizations, the blog post says.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These included social engineering scams using a fake CAPTCHA test as well as legitimate tooling, including VoIP and Adobe software, along with messaging clients.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of legitimate
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, episcopal courts also worked to punish clerical figures involved in the upheaval.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 9 Mar. 2025
  • But the invasion that Saddam launched in September 1980 had the unintended effect of strengthening Iran’s new clerical regime.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of clerical

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