Definition of canonic
ca`non´ic
Pronunciation:
kå`nǒn´ĭk
a.
1.
Of
or
pertaining
to
a
canon
;
established
by
,
or
according
to
,
a
canon
or
canons
.
2.
Appearing
in
a
Biblical
canon
;
as
,
a
canonical
book
of
the
Christian
New
Testament
.
3.
Accepted
as
authoritative
;
recognized
.
4.
(Math.)
In
its
standard
form
,
usually
also
the
simplest
form
; -
of
an
equation
or
coordinate
.
5.
(Linguistics)
Reduced
to
the
simplest
and
most
significant
form
possible
without
loss
of
generality
;
as
,
a
canonical
syllable
pattern
.
Opposite
of
nonstandard
.
6.
Pertaining
to
or
resembling
a
musical
canon
.
Canonical books
those
books
which
are
declared
by
the
canons
of
the
church
to
be
of
divine
inspiration
; -
called
collectively
the canon
.
The
Roman
Catholic
Church
holds
as
canonical
several
books
which
Protestants
reject
as
apocryphal
.
Canonical epistles
an
appellation
given
to
the
epistles
called
also
general
or
catholic
.
See
Catholic
epistles
,
under
Canholic
.
Canonical form
(Math.)
the
simples
or
most
symmetrical
form
to
which
all
functions
of
the
same
class
can
be
reduced
without
lose
of
generality
.
Canonical hours
certain
stated
times
of
the
day
,
fixed
by
ecclesiastical
laws
,
and
appropriated
to
the
offices
of
prayer
and
devotion
;
also
,
certain
portions
of
the
Breviary
,
to
be
used
at
stated
hours
of
the
day
.
In
England
,
this
name
is
also
given
to
the
hours
from
8
a
.
m
.
to
3
p
.
m
.
(
formerly
8
a
.
m
.
to
12
m
.
)
before
and
after
which
marriage
can
not
be
legally
performed
in
any
parish
church
.
Canonical letters
letters
of
several
kinds
,
formerly
given
by
a
bishop
to
traveling
clergymen
or
laymen
,
to
show
that
they
were
entitled
to
receive
the
communion
,
and
to
distinguish
them
from
heretics
.
Canonical life
the
method
or
rule
of
living
prescribed
by
the
ancient
clergy
who
lived
in
community
;
a
course
of
living
prescribed
for
the
clergy
,
less
rigid
than
the
monastic
,
and
more
restrained
that
the
secular
.
Canonical obedience
submission
to
the
canons
of
a
church
,
especially
the
submission
of
the
inferior
clergy
to
their
bishops
,
and
of
other
religious
orders
to
their
superiors
.
Canonical punishments
such
as
the
church
may
inflict
,
as
excommunication
,
degradation
,
penance
,
etc
.
Canonical sins
(Anc. Church.)
those
for
which
capital
punishment
or
public
penance
decreed
by
the
canon
was
inflicted
,
as
idolatry
,
murder
,
adultery
,
heresy
.
Related Words
basic
,
canonical
,
standard
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