apocryphal story

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• apocryphal — ► ADJECTIVE 1) widely circulated but unlikely to be true: an apocryphal story. 2) of or belonging to the Apocrypha …   English terms dictionary

• apocryphal — [[t]əpɒ̱krɪf(ə)l[/t]] ADJ An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something. This may well be an apocryphal story... There is a story, probably apocryphal, about a… …   English dictionary

• apocryphal — adjective an apocryphal story about a famous person or event is well known but probably not true: Washington s apocryphal phrase: Father, I cannot tell a lie …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• apocryphal — apocryphally, adv. apocryphalness, n. /euh pok reuh feuhl/, adj. 1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity. 2. Eccles. a. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha. b. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical. 3. false; spurious: He told an apocryphal… …   Universalium

• apocryphal — a|poc|ry|phal [əˈpɔkrıfəl US əˈpa: ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: apocrypha works not by the claimed writer (14 21 centuries), from Late Latin, from apocryphus secret, not part of the official list of works , from Greek, from apokryptein to hide …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Apocryphal — adj. 1 of doubtful authenticity (orig. of some early Christian texts resembling those of the New Testament). 2 invented, mythical (an apocryphal story). 3 of or belonging to the Apocrypha …   Useful english dictionary

• apocryphal — adj. 1 of doubtful authenticity (orig. of some early Christian texts resembling those of the New Testament). 2 invented, mythical (an apocryphal story). 3 of or belonging to the Apocrypha …   Useful english dictionary

• story — noun 1 account of events/people, true or invented ADJECTIVE ▪ true ▪ plausible ▪ false, made up ▪ She told the police a false story about being attacked. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• apocryphal — adj. Apocryphal is used with these nouns: ↑gospel, ↑story …   Collocations dictionary

• The Immortal Story — Infobox Film name = The Immortal Story caption = Italian DVD cover art imdb id = 0063127 writer = Karen Blixen Louise de Vilmorin Orson Welles starring = Jeanne Moreau Orson Welles Roger Coggio Norman Eshley Fernando Rey director = Orson Welles… …   Wikipedia

• EZEKIEL, APOCRYPHAL BOOKS OF — Josephus (Ant., 10:79) appears to refer to two books of Ezekiel, one of which was presumably an apocryphal work. Reference to such a work is also made in the stichometry of Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinople (806–15), and the pseudo Athana… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism