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uncanonical

uncanonical adjective: not canonical.

Adjective

uncanonical (not comparable)

  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.1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy
    • 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.2007 January 10, Holland Cotter, “At Yale, Renovation Puts Africa in Spotlight”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    noncanonical

Synonyms of uncanonical

Origin of uncanonical

From un- + canonical.

Words formed from uncanonical

Questions about uncanonical

What does uncanonical mean?
Uncanonical means not canonical.
What part of speech is uncanonical?
Uncanonical is an adjective.

Words near uncanonical in the dictionary

  1. uncanny
  2. uncanny valley
  3. uncanny valleys
  4. uncannyness
  5. uncanonic
  6. uncanonical
  7. uncanonicalized
  8. uncanonically
  9. uncanonicalness
  10. uncanonicity
  11. uncanonise

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