noncanonical
Americanadjective
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not included within a canon or group of rules.
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not belonging to the canon of Scripture.
Etymology
Origin of noncanonical
Example Sentences
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The show left the air in 2016, after its ninth season, a virtual spin-off that has been declared noncanonical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
A monk named Paschalis devotes his life to a biography of the noncanonical saint Wilgefortis, a venerated Christian noblewoman who grew a beard to vouchsafe her chastity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Instead, they found that the process follows a noncanonical autophagy pathway.
From Science Daily ● May 3, 2024
But even then I wanted to celebrate more of the work that helped us feel less alone in a chaotic year — hence my introduction of a noncanonical best ensemble category.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
On the end of the second RNA strand—called the “acceptor” strand—they added another noncanonical RNA base, called mnm5U.
From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2022
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