[pseud.epig.ra.phon] n, pl -pha [NL, sing. of pseudepigrapha, fr. Gk, neut. pl. of pseudepigraphos falsely inscribed, fr. pseud- + epigraphein to inscribe--more at epigram] (1692) 1 pl: apocrypha
2: any of various pseudonymous or anonymous Jewish religious writings of the period 200 b.c. to 200 a.d.; esp: one of such writings (as the Psalms of Solomon) not included in any canon of biblical Scripture--usu. used in pl.