English Explanatory Dictionary

deuterocanonical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being of the second canon of the Old Testament of the Bible, and not accepted by some Christians. Part of the Apocrypha.
  2. Of, within, or according to a decidedly lesser canon of installments in a franchise.

Word forms

deuterocanonical

Etymology

From deutero- + canonical.

Related words

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