Apocrypha
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Apocrypha is a noun meaning plural of apocryphon.
Meaning
plural of apocryphon.
More Meanings
- Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
Example Sentences
We are the women with thread bags anchored deep in our bosoms containing blood agreements silver coins and cloves of garlic and an apocrypha of Nanny’s secrets.
Our entymological^([sic – meaning etymological]) approaches to the I or Change in the I Ching seem to confirm one of the well known apocryphas, I-Wei Ch'ien tso-tu.
But it may be objected, that these books being in the Jews' canon , ought to be acknowledged for divinely inspired , rather than the apocryphas that never were in it
The story of the Arsenal mural has drifted, over the years, into something more closely resembling a myth. What should be straightforward details are now shrouded in fog, tangled by apocrypha.
Word Forms
- apocryphas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adespota, pseudepigrapha, pseudepigraph, adiaphoron, pseudepigraphy, apodictism.
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