Usually means: Of doubtful authenticity; widely believed.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word apocryphal:

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  1. apocryphal: Merriam-Webster
  2. Apocryphal, apocryphal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apocryphal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apocryphal: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Apocryphal: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apocryphal, apocryphal: Wordnik
  7. apocryphal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Apocryphal, apocryphal: Wiktionary
  9. apocryphal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apocryphal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. apocryphal: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Apocryphal, apocryphal: Dictionary.com
  13. Apocryphal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Apocryphal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. apocryphal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. apocryphal: Rhymezone
  17. Apocryphal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. apocryphal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. apocryphal: FreeDictionary.org
  20. apocryphal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. apocryphal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. apocryphal: Vocabulary.com
  23. apocryphal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. apocryphal: Merriam-Webster

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  1. apocryphal: Legal dictionary

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  1. apocryphal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apocryphal: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See apocryphally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (Christianity) Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.
adjective:  (by extension) Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.
adjective:  (by extension) Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.
adjective:  (Christianity) Of or relating to the Apocrypha.

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