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When Samuel David failed to win the contest, he promptly charged that it had been uncanonically conducted.

From Time Magazine Archive

His principle evidently was, that it was far better for men to be uncanonically saved than canonically damned.

From A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield by Ryle, John Charles

Now, why were the two ecclesiastics so uncanonically kind to this wicked youth?

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles

The King married her, uncanonically, it is true; but who was she to hold up church law before his face?

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

It had been the name of Brian Vereker's young bride, and had been bestowed, uncanonically linked with that of a saint of blameless antecedents, upon the first baby which had arrived at the Rectory.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian