Etymology

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Today it means: Present in a canon, religious or otherwise. Full definition →

Middle English canonycal ← Medieval Latin canōnicālis
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromcanōnicālis
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcanonycal
  3. English todaycanonical

From Middle English canonycal, from Medieval Latin canōnicālis. By surface analysis, canon + -ical.

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