canon

rule, straight rod, standard

Usage

  • canonical

    Something that is canonical is accepted as being accurate and authoritative--it possesses all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.

  • canonize

    When the Catholic Church canonizes someone, they are officially declared a saint; by extension, canonizing a person is to treat them as nearly sacred, whereas canonizing a work of art is to place it in an accepted group of the very best of its kind.

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