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canonical (iou) and cheese-paring (oh)


canonical (iou)



canonical adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin canonicalis from Latin canonicus: see CANONIC, -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Prescribed by, in conformity with, or relating to canon law. LME.
canonical hour Ecclesiastical (usu. in pl.) (a) each of the times of daily prayer appointed in the breviary; each of seven offices (matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline) appointed for these times; (b) in the Church of England, the time (now usu. between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.) during which a Marriage may lawfully be celebrated. canonical obedience: owed by a member of the clergy to a bishop or Other clerical superior according to canon law.
Of the Nature of a canon or rule; authoritative; standard; accepted. M16.
canonical epistles (rare) = Catholic Epistles s.v. CATHOLIC adjective.
b. Math. Of the Nature of a General rule or standard formula; relating to or according to such an expression. M18.
Included in the scriptural canon; relating to any (sets of) sacred books regarded as authentic. M16.
Of or belonging to (any member of) an ecclesiastical chapter. L16.
Music. According to the rules of canon; in canon form. rare. E17.
b. noun.
A canonical epistle. rare. M16.
In pl. The prescribed canonical dress of the clergy. M18.
canonically adverb E16.
canonicalness noun M17.

cheese-paring (oh)



n [U]
BrE behaviour that shows you are unwilling to give or spend money
-- cheese-paring adj