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What does canonical mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word canonical? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Present in a canon, religious or otherwise.
  2. According to recognised or orthodox rules.
  3. Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
  4. Prototypical.
  5. (religion) In conformity with canon law.
  6. (music) In the form of a canon.
  7. (religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
  8. (mathematics) In canonical form.
  9. (mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices.
Noun
  1. (Roman Catholicism) The formal robes of a priest
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