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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:51:08

A*poc"ry*phal (#), a.

1.

Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

2.

Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis.

 

© Webster 1913.


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