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pseudepigraphies

pseudepigraphies is the plural of pseudepigraphy.

Meaning of pseudepigraphy

Noun

pseudepigraphy (plural pseudepigraphies)

  1. The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy.
    • Pseudepigraphy was sometimes regarded as a literary lie, a forgery, which enabled the apocalyptic writers to acquire authority for their writings by using a borrowed identity.1988, Ithamar Gruenwald, From Apocalypticism to Gnosticism: Studies in Apocalypticism, Merkavah Mysticism and Gnosticism, Peter Lang, page 24

Questions about pseudepigraphies

What is pseudepigraphies the plural of?
Pseudepigraphies is the plural of pseudepigraphy.

Words near pseudepigraphies in the dictionary

  1. pseudepigraph
  2. pseudepigrapha
  3. pseudepigraphal
  4. pseudepigraphic
  5. pseudepigraphical
  6. pseudepigraphies
  7. pseudepigraphon
  8. pseudepigraphous
  9. pseudepigraphs
  10. pseudepigraphy
  11. pseudergate

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