canonicityn.
/kanəˈnɪsɪti/ Canonicalness, canonical status, esp. the fact of being comprehended in the Canon of Scripture, or in any other sacred canon.
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1797 Monthly Rev. 23 485 To attribute canonicity to all those Scriptures of the Jews.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. xix. 73 If none but a literal line and measure of Canonicity will be accepted.
1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 46 Would Augustine, if he held all the books to have an equal right to canonicity..have preferred some to others?
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