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Definition of: deuterocanonical
(d
′tər·ō·kə·non′i·kəl, dy′-) adjective
Pertaining to or constituting a second canon: applied to the books or parts of books of the Old and New Testament whose authenticity and inspiration were at first contested and afterward admitted by the Roman Catholic Church; in Protestant churches, the contested parts of the Old Testament are considered extra-canonical. See APOCRYPHA.
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