canonical

Definition

Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book."
• "In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]"
• "The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules."