canonical
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Canonical midcentury Southern writers — Faulkner, O’Connor, Welty — were often perceived as white eccentric outsiders.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022
Canonical dishes like thieboudienne and mafe, a luxurious peanut or groundnut stew, were always served to me with broken rice.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
In December, Altoona-Johnstown revealed that it spent $21,491,052 from July 1, 1999 until Dec. 1, 2018 for settlements/awards, legal fees, survivor counseling and clergy compensation for religious leaders awaiting outcomes of Canonical investigations.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2019
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
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
Vocabulary lists containing canonical
The Importance of Being Earnest
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GRE Verbal Reasoning, List 8
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Out of Salem
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