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canonical (iou) and Combined oral contraceptive (health)


canonical (iou)



canonical adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin canonicalis from Latin canonicus: see CANONIC, -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Prescribed by, in conformity with, or relating to canon law. LME.
canonical hour Ecclesiastical (usu. in pl.) (a) each of the times of daily prayer appointed in the breviary; each of seven offices (matins with lauds, prime, terce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline) appointed for these times; (b) in the Church of England, the time (now usu. between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.) during which a Marriage may lawfully be celebrated. canonical obedience: owed by a member of the clergy to a bishop or Other clerical superior according to canon law.
Of the Nature of a canon or rule; authoritative; standard; accepted. M16.
canonical epistles (rare) = Catholic Epistles s.v. CATHOLIC adjective.
b. Math. Of the Nature of a General rule or standard formula; relating to or according to such an expression. M18.
Included in the scriptural canon; relating to any (sets of) sacred books regarded as authentic. M16.
Of or belonging to (any member of) an ecclesiastical chapter. L16.
Music. According to the rules of canon; in canon form. rare. E17.
b. noun.
A canonical epistle. rare. M16.
In pl. The prescribed canonical dress of the clergy. M18.
canonically adverb E16.
canonicalness noun M17.

Combined oral contraceptive (health)


"Commonly called ""the pill,"" combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth control in the United States. This form of birth control suppresses ovulation (the monthly release of an egg from the ovaries) by the combined actions of the hormones estrogen and progestin."