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Definition of Canonicity
1. n. The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.
Definition of Canonicity
1. Noun. The degree to which something is canonical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canonicity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Canonicity
Literary usage of Canonicity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The criterion of inspiration (less correctly known as the criterion of
canonicity).—Even those Catholic theologians who defend Apostolicity as a test for ..."
2. The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and by Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, Charles Augustus Briggs (1908)
"The New Testament affords us no help in tracing the canonicity of ... This silence
cannot fairly be made an argument against the canonicity of our book. ..."
3. The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews by Frederic William Farrar (1893)
"canonicity. THE canonicity of the Epistle—that is its right to be placed in the
Canon of Holy Scripture—rests on the fact that it has been accepted both by ..."
4. The Messages of the Poets: The Books of Job and Canticles and Some Minor by Nathaniel Schmidt (1911)
"canonicity When questions first arose as to whether this book was of such a
character that the hands should be washed after contact with it is not known. ..."
5. The Tübingen School and Its Antecedents: A Review of the History and Present by Robert William Mackay (1863)
"What is canonicity ?—Semler. The obstacle to true criticism was the vague notion
of " canonicity," the idea of a peculiar prerogative exempting certain ..."
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