n. law; code, especially ecclesiastical; criterion; authentic or accepted books especially of Bible; list; Music, part-song in which opening passage is strictly repeated. canonical, a. according to ecclesiastical law; authentic; legal. canonicals, n.pl. clergyman's costume or robes. canonics, n. study of canon of Bible.
The crescent is a symbol of Islam and the green also denotes Islam. The four stars and the four stripes of colour represent the four islands in the group (including Mayotte, which is a French dependency). Effective date: 2002.