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apoc·ry·pha
\əˈpäkrəfə\ noun plural but sometimes singular in construction
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, neuter plural of apocryphus secret, uncanonical (said of writings not to be read to the congregation), from Late Greek apokryphos, from Greek, hidden, from apokryptein to hide away, from apo- + kryptein to hide — more at crypt
1. : quasi-scriptural noncanonical or deuterocanonical books of doubtful authorship and authority
< the Old Testament Apocrypha >
< in these apocrypha we find Confucius being regarded as a superhuman being — Yu-lan Feng >
2. : writings or statements of doubtful or spurious authorship
< his early rise is shrouded in apocrypha — E.S.Turner > |