Adjective : canonical works. ,the canonical form of the past tense; a canonical syllable pattern. From Dictionary.com.
Chartres, who, in full canonicals of lawn and purple, went to call. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
Marlowe, locker understandings attaches canonicals incorrectness …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Much bigger than the Dukestir.] Reference
For this meeting he had put on full canonicals, as though to shield against demons. From Wordnik.com. [The Boat of a Million Years]
Catholics could have processions with priests in high canonicals, amongst other things. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
He was such a dear, nice clergyman, and looked so well in his canonicals -- such a truly evangelical minister!. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
Saturday I came to have the last divil cast out, and found his riverince in full canonicals, seated in his aisy chair. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
In the centre are seated three Deacons in full canonicals, with Bishops on either side, and below two Saints in plain robes. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
The stillness was less intense until the judge put on his black cap, and the chaplain in his canonicals was observed behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Bede] Reference
Polly had told her where Edwin was, assuring her that Nod had made certain Edwin was respectably disposed, laid out in his Sunday canonicals. From Wordnik.com. [The Dressmaker] Reference
It was obvious that they had donned these canonicals rather hastily, for one was still wiping sleep from his eyes and the other grease from his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
One Sunday, then, in the depth of a rainy winter, I set off on my horse, with my canonicals strapped before me in a valise, to commence my clerical duties. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an Etonian] Reference
There, while he endeavoured to pick up intelligence from the bar-keeper, he was accosted by a person in canonicals, who very civilly asked if he was a new-comer. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference
We saw in one of its streets a remarkable proof of liberal toleration; a nonjuring clergyman, strutting about in his canonicals, with a jolly countenance and a round belly, like. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
The rector, in full canonicals, stood within the chancel. From Wordnik.com. [Her Mother's Secret] Reference
But when you are out of your canonicals, the case is altered. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
The mincer now stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
They were preceded by a black clergyman, dressed in his full black silk canonicals. From Wordnik.com. [Diary in America, Series One] Reference
I trembled for the excellent man in full canonicals -- I even trembled for the clerk. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories] Reference
At that moment an old man appeared before the altar with assistants in rich canonicals. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference
He was a beautiful bishop, in his mitre, canonicals, and crozier, all complete -- so the Owl said. From Wordnik.com. ['That Very Mab'] Reference
In the article, Gregory looks at the genre of "Gospel" and asks whether the non-canonicals qualify. From Wordnik.com. [Euangelion] Reference
The king sat under a canopy of state; about him were clustered a large body of the clergy in full canonicals. From Wordnik.com. [A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5.] Reference
The clergyman entered in his canonicals, and we walked in a little procession into another room, where the coffin was placed. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
Before I could determine what to do, a clergyman made his appearance in full canonicals from the vestry door, followed by a clerk. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories] Reference
To have a tool that would scan my site and let me know where the following tags were missing: title, description, keyword, alt, canonicals. From Wordnik.com. [WebProNews Feed] Reference
"Who is this?" the Prince exclaimed, as a noble-looking man in full canonicals stepped out of the cypress shadows, first of the next division. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 01] Reference
And I cannot tell how light-hearted I felt as I folded up my canonicals, and put them in a box to be left, for the meantime, in the charge of my landlady. From Wordnik.com. [Adela Cathcart, Volume 2] Reference
We have thousands of pages and I put the canonicals in by hand - so I frequently forget altogether to include them in the code and I often type them in incorrectly. From Wordnik.com. [WebProNews Feed] Reference
A bishop in full canonicals passed athwart Graham's vision, conversing with a gentleman dressed exactly like the traditional Chaucer, including even the laurel wreath. From Wordnik.com. [When the Sleeper Wakes] Reference
Forth came the notorious Dr. Oates, rustling in the full silken canonicals of priesthood, for ... he affected no small dignity of exterior decoration and deportment. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
He therefore caused his canonicals to be sent to him from Hirado, together with his credentials from the viceroy of India, the governor of Malacca, and the bishop of Goa. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era] Reference
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