Uncanonical

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not canonical. not-comparable

    "What I said in my epistle to my reverend friend and master, Doctor James, the incomparably industrious and learned bibliothecary of Oxford, I profess still; but I hold those canons of the apostles uncanonical."

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"What I said in my epistle to my reverend friend and master, Doctor James, the incomparably industrious and learned bibliothecary of Oxford, I profess still; but I hold those canons of the apostles uncanonical."

Etymology

From un- + canonical.

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