canonical
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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
Canonical anthems such as Julia Ward Howe’s “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” are filed alongside such modern compositions as Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020
Some appearances include “Modern Canonical Quantum General Relativity,” “Mathematical Results in Quantum Mechanics” and a few other complexifier-worthy titles.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2019
Canonical focuses on self-awareness, strengthening the novice’s relationship with God and learning how to pray more deeply; novice takes “sister” before her name.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2018
I have rarely time to recite my Canonical Hours, to say nothing of my own particular temptations from the world, the flesh, and the devil.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
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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