canonical text

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the authoritative or standard version of a text

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Examples (10)

  • Scholars often debate which version of Hamlet should be considered the canonical text.
  • The council met to determine the canonical text of the scriptures.
  • For our analysis, we will only use the canonical text of the epic poem.
  • Establishing a canonical text is the first step in creating any critical edition.
  • Many apocryphal gospels exist, but only four are part of the canonical text of the New Testament.
  • The director's cut is now seen by many fans as the canonical text of the film.
  • Scribes in the monastery worked meticulously to preserve the canonical text without error.
  • The final draft approved by the committee became the canonical text of the new constitution.
  • This edition includes several variations from the canonical text, which are detailed in the footnotes.
  • After years of research, the professor published what she believed to be the definitive canonical text.