uncanonical
Americanadjective
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not in accordance with canons or rules.
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not belonging to the canon of Scripture.
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That might cause trepidation among fans — it seems uncanonical.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2017
Said Howlin' Mad of this uncanonical procedure: "He just had a hell of a knack for building things."
From Time Magazine Archive
But since he also declared the Constitutions of Clarendon uncanonical and invalid, Henry was equally offended, and opened negotiations with the emperor and the antipope.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
Yet the Apocalypse was for a long time an uncanonical book, and its truth and value were, and still are, doubted by many of the faithful.
From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas
These very uncanonical services one might have fancied sufficient, with spinning and spelling, for filling up the temporal cares of any one man's time.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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