English Dictionary

apocrypha

IPA（発音記号）

/ʌˈpɑk.ɹə.fə/

名詞

Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).

日本語の意味

正典に含まれず、作者や出典が疑わしい文書。特に旧約聖書や新約聖書に準拠しない文書を指すことが多い。 / 信頼性に疑問があり、出典や権威がはっきりしていない文書や書物

The researcher spent years cataloging the apocrypha found in the monastery's archive, uncertain which texts were authentic.

研究者は修道院の文書館で見つかった外典を、どの文書が真正か分からないまま、何年もかけて目録化した。

意味（1）

Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).

But it may be objected, that these books being in the Jews' canon , ought to be acknowledged for divinely inspired , rather than the apocryphas that never were in it

apocrypha （ plural ）