Apocryphalness vs. Apocryphal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Apocryphalness and Apocryphal
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Apocryphalness
The state or condition of being apocryphal.
Apocryphal
Of questionable authorship or authenticity.
Apocryphalness
The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
Apocryphal
Erroneous; fictitious
"Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd ... raced through Russia's trenches" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Apocryphal
Apocryphal(Bible) Of or having to do with the Apocrypha.
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Apocryphal
(Christianity) Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.
Apocryphal
(by extension) Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.
Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal.
Apocryphal
(by extension) Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.
There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.
Apocryphal
Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
Apocryphal
Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works.
Apocryphal
Of questionable authenticity
Apocryphal
Of or belonging to the Apocrypha
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