🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

비정경의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bijeong-gyeong-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Noncanonical/ˌnɒn.kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 문헌은 초기 기독교의 비정경으로 분류된다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not contained in or forming part of an officially recognized list or canon of sacred books, literary works, or established authorities.

    "Scholars discovered several noncanonical gospels among the ancient papyri."
  2. 2

    Not conforming to a general rule, standard model, or orthodox procedure in a given field.

    "The theoretical physicist proposed a noncanonical approach to solving the quantum entanglement problem."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix non- (meaning 'not', from Latin non) combined with canonical, which traces back through Late Latin canonicus from Ancient Greek kanonikos (pertaining to a rule or standard, from kanon meaning 'measuring rod'). The term emerged in religious and literary scholarship to describe texts or elements outside an officially sanctioned collection or canon.

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