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Definition of pseudepigraphical - 2 dictionary results

pseud⋅e⋅pig⋅ra⋅pha

  [soo-duh-pig-ruh-fuh]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
Origin:
1685–95; < NL < Gk, neut. pl. of pseudepíigraphos falsely inscribed, bearing a false title. See pseud-, epigraph, -ous

Related forms:
pseud⋅ep⋅i⋅graph⋅ic  [soo-dep-i-graf-ik] , pseud⋅ep⋅i⋅graph⋅i⋅cal, pseud⋅e⋅pig⋅ra⋅phous, pseud⋅e⋅pig⋅ra⋅phal, adjective
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pseud·e·pig·ra·pha   (sōō'dĭ-pĭg'rə-fə)   
pl.n.  

  1. Spurious writings, especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times.

  2. A body of texts written between 200 B.C. and A.D. 200 and spuriously ascribed to various prophets and kings of Hebrew Scriptures.


[Greek, from neuter pl. of pseudepigraphos, falsely ascribed : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + epigraphein, to inscribe (epi-, epi- + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots).]
pseud'e·pig'ra·phal (-rə-fəl), pseud'ep·i·graph'ic (sōō'děp-ĭ-grāf'ĭk), pseud'ep·i·graph'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl), pseud'e·pig'ra·phous (-rə-fəs) adj.
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