单词 | apocrypha |
释义 | Apocryphaadj.n. Of unknown authorship; not authentic, spurious; uncanonical (see B.); false. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [adjective] falsec1000 Apocrypha1387 counterfeit1393 surmised?1518 apocryph1549 unauthentical1549 suborned1550 apocryphal1590 disauthentic1591 suppositive1598 supposititious1600 surreptitious1615 spurious1624 unauthentic1631 ungenuine1665 ingenuine1675 nothal1716 apocryphical1719 fabricate1755 doctored1853 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > canon > [adjective] > not Apocrypha1387 uncanonized1548 apocryph1549 acanonical1753 uncanonical1835 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. V. 105 The writynge is Apocripha whanne þe auctor þerof is unknowe. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 12 Þe Penauns of Adam be cleped Apocriphum, whech is to sey ‘whan þe mater is in doute’ or ellis ‘whan men knowe not who mad þe book’. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. II. i. xi. §143. 150 That..Kings enjoy'd their Crowns by Right descending to them from Adam, that we think not only Apocrypha, but also utterly impossible. B. n. 1. a. A writing or statement of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spec. those books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, which were not originally written in Hebrew and not counted genuine by Jews, and which, at the Reformation, were excluded from the Sacred Canon by the Protestant party, as having no well-grounded claim to inspired authorship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Apocrypha > [noun] Apocryphaa1400 a1400 Childh. Jesus in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 74 327 Here bigynnys the Romance of the childhode of Jhesu Criste þat clerkys callys Ipokrephum. 1539 Bible (Great) Apocrypha Pref. The other [bookes] folowynge, which are called apocripha. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxx. 547 The Iewes account those bookes for Apocriphase. 1597 Hooker V. xx. (1841) i. 483 We hold not the apocrypha for sacred. 1704 London Gaz. mmmmxxii/3 The Contents of each Chapter in the Bible, and Apocryphy. 1733 A. Pope Impertinent 16 What's now Apocrypha, my Wit, In time to come, may pass for Holy Writ. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 163/2 About 1826, it was decided that the Apocrypha should not be circulated by the British and Foreign Bible Society. 1881 W. R. Smith Old Test. in Jewish Church v. 27 The presence of an apocryphon in a Christian MS. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Apocrypha > [adjective] apocryph1549 Apocrypha1590 apocryphal1615 apocryphous1677 1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles B iv b Theire Apochripha liturgye. 1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding §65 Casting my eye upon the Apocrypha books, I found it in Ecclesiasticus. 2. [As in Greek] Hidden things; secrets. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > something concealed, a secret > hidden things, secrets hidinga1325 privacya1625 Apocrypha1839 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 110 Every man's life has its apocrypha; Mine has, at least. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † apocryphaapocryphyv. Obsolete. rare. To reckon as apocryphal or spurious. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > forge, falsify [verb (transitive)] > consider spurious apocrypha1625 1625 J. Davies Scourge Paper-persec. 80 The Bible ne'er was more Apocryphide Than by their bold excursions. 1661 H. Bold St. Georges Day 3 Works [as opposed to Faith] are Apocripha'd, as little worth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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