Apocryphal

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.

   “[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’”

2. sıfat Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.

   “Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal.”

3. sıfat Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.

   “There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.”

4. sıfat Of or relating to the Apocrypha.