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precanonical

adj

Etymology

From pre- + canonical.

  1. derived from canōnicālis
  2. inherited from canonycal
  3. prefixed as precanonical — “pre + canonical”

Definitions

  1. Prior to the development of a religious canon.

    • There was a Jesus-cult in precanonical times, when Abraham, Joseph, and Moses were demigods and had not been reduced to human dimensions.

  2. In raw form, before conversion to a canonical form.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for precanonical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA