apocrypha
noun
apoc·ry·pha
ə-ˈpä-krə-fə 
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
: writings or statements of dubious authenticity
2
capitalized
a
: books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament see Bible Table
b
: early Christian writings not included in the New Testament
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Unused material dug up in the code serves the role of apocrypha, illuminating, say, the possible significance of the God of Frenzied Flame through a storyline that was cut from the game before its release.
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Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The apocrypha, which totals three-and-a-half hours of music, will finally come out on June 30 via a three-disc set titled Funky Nothingness.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
Anthony was a deviser of his own apocrypha.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2021
The apocrypha are a collection of Scriptures accepted by Catholics and Orthodox Christians as sacred but contested by Protestants.
—Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
Some cocktails have a history so contested, so laden with switchbacks and apocrypha, the general experience is like opening a compass to find the needle spinning freely in place.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2022
Even Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids play with iPads, or so the apocrypha goes.
—Carter Bays, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2022
Why complicate a perfectly fun bunch of sequels with the strictures of continuity and apocrypha?
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 11 Feb. 2021
Where Nay’s book was something of a meditation on Patriotic themes in Mormon teaching, the Bundy additions — this post-2014 apocrypha — change the entire document.
—Leah Sottile, Longreads, 18 May 2018
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Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The apocrypha, which totals three-and-a-half hours of music, will finally come out on June 30 via a three-disc set titled Funky Nothingness.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
Anthony was a deviser of his own apocrypha.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2021
The apocrypha are a collection of Scriptures accepted by Catholics and Orthodox Christians as sacred but contested by Protestants.
—Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
Some cocktails have a history so contested, so laden with switchbacks and apocrypha, the general experience is like opening a compass to find the needle spinning freely in place.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2022
Even Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids play with iPads, or so the apocrypha goes.
—Carter Bays, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2022
Why complicate a perfectly fun bunch of sequels with the strictures of continuity and apocrypha?
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 11 Feb. 2021
Where Nay’s book was something of a meditation on Patriotic themes in Mormon teaching, the Bundy additions — this post-2014 apocrypha — change the entire document.
—Leah Sottile, Longreads, 18 May 2018
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“Apocrypha.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apocrypha. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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