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canonical

[kuh-non-i-kuhl] / kəˈnɒn ɪ kəl /


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Canonical art formats don’t fare as badly as rumored.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Canonical midcentury Southern writers — Faulkner, O’Connor, Welty — were often perceived as white eccentric outsiders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022

A senior cleric invites him to join a Canonical Investigation Commission, which will examine an event that occurred in southern France.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 31, 2018

For decades, the region served as a “motherland” for Orthodoxy outside of the old country, said Alexei Krindatch, research coordinator for the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 2017

In short, there is not a single authenticated case of a MS. in which it is treated as of equal authority with the other Canonical books.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose




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