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protocanonical

protocanonical adjective: describing the first (authorized) canon of books of scripture.

Adjective

protocanonical (not comparable)

  1. Describing the first (authorized) canon of books of scripture.

Origin of protocanonical

From proto- + canonical.

Questions about protocanonical

What does protocanonical mean?
Protocanonical means describing the first (authorized) canon of books of scripture.
What part of speech is protocanonical?
Protocanonical is an adjective.

Words near protocanonical in the dictionary

  1. protobrosis
  2. protobulge
  3. protobulges
  4. protocadherin
  5. protocadherins
  6. protocanonical
  7. protocanonicals
  8. protocapitalism
  9. protocapitalist
  10. protocapitalistic
  11. protocapitalists

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