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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Origin of uncanonical
Example Sentences
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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
A dissolution was actually granted in such a case where one of the parties turned Catholic, in 1857, by the bishop of Rio Janeiro, who pronounced an uncanonical marriage null and void.
From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes
Alas for Prue! there are more he's than one in the world—more he's that call at uncanonical hours!
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
Jude quotes Enoch, an apocryphal work not in the Alexandrian canon; so that he at least had no rigid notions about the difference of canonical and uncanonical writings.
From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel
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