uncanonical

adj

Etymology

From un- + canonical.

  1. derived from canōnicālis
  2. inherited from canonycal
  3. prefixed as uncanonical — “un + canonical

Definitions

  1. Not canonical.

    • What I said in my epistle to my reverend friend and master, Doctor James, the incomparably industrious and learned bibliothecary of Oxford, I profess still; but I hold those canons of the apostles uncanonical.
    • He was also that rare thing, a connoisseur of the uncanonical hybrid in art, as demonstrated by the presence of a headdress mask of a water spirit from Sierra Leone.

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