canonic C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /kəˈnɑnɪk/ UK /kəˈnɒnɪk/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj conforming to a canon or accepted rule; canonical The scholar argued over which texts held canonic authority. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · conforming to a canon or... canonicalstandardorthodoxauthoritativeaccepted ↔ Opposites apocryphalheterodoxnoncanonical Word family Derived forms canonically Related forms canoncanonicalcanonize Etymology AI details From Late Latin canonicus ('according to rule'), from Latin canōn ('rule, standard'), from Ancient Greek kanōn ('measuring rod, rule'). canonicus Latin kanōn Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # canonic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /kəˈnɑnɪk/ **IPA (UK):** /kəˈnɒnɪk/ ## Meanings 1. conforming to a canon or accepted rule; canonical ## Examples - The scholar argued over which texts held canonic authority. ## Synonyms - canonical - standard - orthodox - authoritative - accepted ## Antonyms - apocryphal - heterodox - noncanonical ## Derived Forms - canonically ## Related Forms - canon - canonical - canonize ## Roots and Affixes - Root: canonicus - Root: kanōn ## Etymology From Late Latin canonicus ('according to rule'), from Latin canōn ('rule, standard'), from Ancient Greek kanōn ('measuring rod, rule'). ## AI Etymology Canonic comes from Late Latin canonicus ('according to rule'), from Latin canōn ('rule, standard'), from Ancient Greek kanōn ('measuring rod, rule'). The historical trail runs through canonicus in Latin and kanōn in Ancient Greek. Used as an adjective, canonic now means "conforming to a canon or accepted rule; canonical", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as canonically and related forms such as canon, canonical, and canonize. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown