Meaning & use
apocrypha
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writings or statements of doubtful or unproven authenticity, especially religious texts not accepted as part of the official biblical canon
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Scholars debate whether some of the stories are historical fact or apocrypha.
Much of the band's early history survives only as apocrypha, retold differently by each member.
A note on using this word
Originally capitalized to refer to specific excluded biblical texts, 'apocrypha' is now also used more generally, lowercase, for any body of dubious or unverified stories.
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legendunverified accounts
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