What is a synonym for "canonical"?

Common synonyms include: canonic, orthodox, standard, abbatial, abbatical, acceptable.

How do you pronounce "canonical"?

Pronounced //kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl//.

//kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
The formal robes of a priest. plural, plural-only
"He, good man, could make but little of his solitary friend, and must many a time have been startled out of his canonicals by the strange, alien speeches which he heard."
2
A URL presented in canonical form. Internet
"Google advises canonicals as one of the preferred methods of treating duplicate content in your CMS."

Adjective

1
Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
"The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book."
2
According to recognised or orthodox rules.
"The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules."
3
Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
"the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form"
4
Prototypical.
5
In conformity with canon law.

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6
In the form of a canon.
7
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
8
In canonical form.
9
Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
"It turns out that ordered pairs can be defined in set theory, e.g. as (x,y)#58;#61;#92;#123;#92;#123;x,y#92;#125;,y#92;#125;. Note that in no sense is such a definition canonical."
10
Related to or part of the canon of a fictional universe. slang

Adjective

1
conforming to orthodox or recognized rules wordnet
2
reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality wordnet
3
of or relating to or required by canon law wordnet
4
appearing in a biblical canon wordnet