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canonicals

canonicals is the plural of canonical.

Meaning of canonical

Noun

canonical (plural canonicals)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The formal robes of a priest.
    • 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.1857, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857
  2. (Internet) A URL presented in canonical form.
    • Google advises canonicals as one of the preferred methods of treating duplicate content in your CMS.2015, Simon Kloostra, Joomla! 3 SEO and Performance, page 63

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Questions about canonicals

What is canonicals the plural of?
Canonicals is the plural of canonical.

Words near canonicals in the dictionary

  1. canonicalizes
  2. canonicalizing
  3. canonicall
  4. canonically
  5. canonicalness
  6. canonicals
  7. canonicate
  8. canonicates
  9. canonicities
  10. canonicity
  11. canonics

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