deuterocanonical

[ doo-tuh-roh-kuh-non-i-kuhl, dyoo- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or constituting a second canon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deuterocanonical¹

First recorded in 1680–90; deutero- ( def ) + canonical ( def )

Example Sentences

Both paintings, titled “Judith Beheading Holofernes,” portray Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes from the deuterocanonical Book of Judith.

From Washington Times

He was flipping through his Bible, the Catholic version with the deuterocanonical books, bound in shiny black leather.

From Literature

Deuterocanonical, dū′tėr-o-ka-non′ik-al, adj. pertaining to a second canon of inferior authority—the O. T. Apocrypha and the N. T. Antilegomena.

From Project Gutenberg

Each includes the RSV'S 1971 revision of the New Testament, and carries Apocryphal and "DeuteroCanonical" books not included in the Protestant and Jewish canons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the Reformation leaders did not ascribe the same authority to these "deuterocanonical" writings as to the Old Testament, and they have been printed in Protestant Bibles, if at all, as a separate section between the Old and New Testaments.

From Time Magazine Archive