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How to pronounce canonical:

Synonyms for canonical:

accepted
apostolic
approved
authoritative
authorized
blest
clerical
consecrated
divine
ecclesial
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastical
episcopal
evangelic
evangelical
holy
ministerial
orthodox
papal
pastoral
patriarchal
pontifical
priestly
rabbinic
rabbinical
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Antonyms for canonical:

advanced
apocryphal
avant-garde
clever
creative
democratic
different
disruptive
entrepreneurial
experimental
fresh
futuristic
ground-breaking
groundbreaking
imaginative
ingenious
innovational
innovative
innovatory
inventive
left-field
modern
modernistic
neoteric
new
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