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
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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
When he came to York he told Ceadda that his consecration was uncanonical.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
Whether Dr. Skiddy was actually consecrated or not, no record has been preserved to us, and his consecration in virtue of such a royal mandate would be wholly uncanonical and schismatical.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 by Various
Chief among these were the date of celebrating Easter, and the uncanonical method of cutting the tonsure in a crescent instead of a circle.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
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