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antilegomena
[ an-ti-luh-gom-uh-nuh ]
noun
, (used with a singular verb)
- a group of books in the New Testament, generally held to be uncanonical by the early church.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of antilegomena1
1840–50; < Greek: things spoken against, neuter plural of antilegómenos (passive present participle of antilégein to speak against), equivalent to anti- anti- + lego- speak + -menos passive present participle suffix
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Example Sentences
The inventive minds of scholars designated a group of writings in the Alexandrian canon as "Antilegomena."
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The canon was not, however, completed in its present form; for the right of certain books—the so-called antilegomena, chap.
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The grounds on which each of the disputed books—Antilegomena, chap.
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