Definition of Apocryphal

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.


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