单词 | uncanonical |
释义 | uncanonicaladj. 1. a. Not in accordance with ecclesiastical canons. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > law > canon law > [adjective] > not uncanonical1632 incanonical1637 uncanonica1711 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 172 He sought for this place in an uncanonicall order. 1676 A. Marvell Gen. Councils in Wks. (1875) IV. 104 And God forbid too that any measure of wealth should render a clergyman uncanonical. 1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 17 Yesterday lord bishop of Llandaff exhibited articles..against Dr. Jones..for uncanonicall practices and misdemeanours committed by him. 1710 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ (ed. 2) II. iv. vi. 172 Among his other Irregularities he [sc. Novatian] was ordained at an uncanonical Hour. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvi. 167 A single word, and no more, [was] uttered..—a word I am ashamed to write—yet must be written—must be read;—illegal—uncanonical. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors I. ix. 145 Uncanonical and forced elections..were made to vacant ecclesiastical dignities. 1872 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. (ed. 2) Pref. The marriage of his widow was uncanonical. b. Of dress, pastimes, etc.: Unclerical; unbecoming to ‘the cloth’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective] > not unclerkly1573 unclerklike1633 unclerical1677 uncanonical1747 unecclesiastical1834 anticlerical1845 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 676 Wearing long hair, and a dress in any respect uncanonical. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vi. 71 In the archbishop's palace..all such profane shews were condemned as uncanonical. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. iii. 49 Are you not afraid that he may pay you a visit during some of your uncanonical pastimes? 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. iii. 78 Begirt, not with a suitable sash such as clergymen wear, but with a most uncanonical buff-belt. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 299 He [St. George] exhibited a most uncanonical greed for money. 2. Not belonging to the canon of Scripture. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > canon > [adjective] > not Apocrypha1387 uncanonized1548 apocryph1549 acanonical1753 uncanonical1835 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 369/1 Lists of Biblical books were promulgated by the orthodox Greek church in order to prevent the use of Apocryphal or uncanonical books. 1884 W. R. Churton (title) The Uncanonical and Apocryphal Scriptures, being the additions to the Old Testament Canon. Derivatives uncaˈnonicalness n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > law > canon law > [noun] > quality of > uncanonicalness uncanonicalness1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 38 This made him connive at Jeffery Plantaginet his holding the Bishoprick of Lincoln, though uncanonicalness on uncanonicalness met in his person. 1684 W. Lloyd Hist. Acct. Church-govt. vi. 130 Here was another Uncanonicalness,..that he intruded into a See, into which another had been Elected. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1632 |
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