Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)canonic, canonicalappearing in a biblical canon“a canonical book of the Christian New Testament” (s)basic, canonic, canonicalreduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality“a basic story line”,
“a canonical syllable pattern” (s)canonic, canonical, sanctionedconforming to orthodox or recognized rules“the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing” (Sinclair Lewis)