canonic

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On that subject, Ross is most persuasive in his close readings of canonic post-Wagnerian literature, particularly Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” Joyce’s “Ulysses,” Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves” and the novels of Mann.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2020

However, a parallel narrative universe exists that is the game’s “real” version of events: each Tekken game has a canon winner, and this canonic story focuses on the Mishima family blood feud.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2020

As the amps trailed behind him, the music echoed off the banks of the canal and nearby buildings, giving hints of canonic motion.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2018

In the classroom, I had learned to think of writing as canonic, penned by giants.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2016

The only remaining canonic device which figures in classical music is that known as cancrizans, in which the imitating part reproduces the leader backwards.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various