apocryphal

Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.

[…] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’

Besides all this, he had read his Bible, including the apocryphal books; […]

Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.

Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal.

The structural anthropologist urges us to ignore the orthodox who labor so patiently trying to eliminate the apocryphal variants from the one true text.

Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.

There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.

Charles, already dispos'd by the evidence of his senses to think my pretences to virginity not entirely apocryphal, smothers me with kisses, begs me, in the name of love, to have a little patience, and that he will be as tender of hurting me as he would be of himself.

Of or relating to the Apocrypha.