PSEUDEPIGRAPHA


Meaning of PSEUDEPIGRAPHA in English

— pseudepigraphic /sooh'dep i graf"ik/ , pseudepigraphical, pseudepigraphous, pseudepigraphal , adj.

/sooh'deuh pig"reuh feuh/ , n. ( used with a plural v. )

certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.

[ 1685-95; pseudepíigraphos falsely inscribed, bearing a false title. See PSEUD-, EPIGRAPH, -OUS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .