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Definition of Canonic

1. Adjective. Appearing in a biblical canon. "A canonical book of the Christian New Testament"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or required by canon law.

3. Adjective. Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality. "A canonical syllable pattern"

4. Adjective. Conforming to orthodox or recognized rules. "The drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"

Definition of Canonic

1. a. Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.

Definition of Canonic

1. Adjective. canonical ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canonic

1. canon [adj] - See also: canon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canonic

canoemen canoer canoers canoes canoing canola canola oil canolas canon canon bit

canon bits canon law canon laws canoness canonesses canonic (current term) canonical canonical form canonical formalism canonical forms

canonical hour canonical sequence canonicality canonicalization canonicalizations canonicalize canonicalized canonicalizes canonicalizing

Literary usage of Canonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon and Other Polyphonic by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"When the canonic imitation falls short of the characteristic requirements ... 10; contains several brief canonic passages, and duplications in simultaneous ..."

2. Theological Propædeutic: A General Introduction to the Study of Theology by Philip Schaff, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1893)
"canonic, OR THE THEORY OF THE CANON. canonic is a history of the Canon of the Old and New Testaments. ..."

3. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, George Sylvester Morris, Henry Boynton Smith, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1891)
"His logic, termed by him canonic, proposes to teach the norms (Kanones) of cognition, and the means of testing and knowing the truth (criteria). ..."

4. Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy by Eduard Zeller (1905)
"The canonic. With Epicurus far more exclusively than with Zeno his philosophic system is simply a means ... This part of his system he called the canonic. ..."

5. Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1898)
"Reduction of Four Points to a canonic Form. It is often convenient, in discussing involutions, to suppose the double points to be o and oo . ..."

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