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canonicall

canonicall is the archaic spelling of canonical.

Meaning of canonical

Adjective

canonical (comparative more canonical, superlative most canonical)

  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.
  6. In the form of a canon.

See all 12 meanings of canonical

Questions about canonicall

What is canonicall the archaic spelling of?
Canonicall is the archaic spelling of canonical.

Words near canonicall in the dictionary

  1. canonicalizations
  2. canonicalize
  3. canonicalized
  4. canonicalizes
  5. canonicalizing
  6. canonicall
  7. canonically
  8. canonicalness
  9. canonicals
  10. canonicate
  11. canonicates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canonicall (page history and authors); canonical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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