not included in the canon; not among the authorized books
extracanonical in American English
(ˌekstrəkəˈnɑnɪkəl)
adjective
Ecclesiast
not included in the canon of Scripture
Word origin
[1825–35; extra- + canonical]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: breakdown, relativity, runway, spiritualism, structuralextra- is a prefix meaning “outside,” “beyond,” freely used as an English formative. Otherwords that use the affix extra- include: extra-atmospheric, extrajudicial, extraterritorial