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Nov. 20, 2014

apocryphal \uh-POK-ruh-fuhl\ adjective 1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity. 2. Ecclesiastical. a. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha. b. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical. Quotes This dialogue is fictitious, apocryphal, and libellous, and also deeply immoral, it respects neither throne nor altar… -- José Saramago, translated by Giovanni Pontiero, Baltasar and Blimunda, 1987 Origin Apocryphal is derived from the Greek term apókryphos meaning "hidden, unknown, suprious." Apocrypha was the name of a group of 14 books originally included in some versions of the Old Testament that were excluded from the Sacred Canon at Reformation for their disputed authenticity. Apocryphal entered English in the late 1500s.

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