<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of doubtful authorship or authenticity.</li><li>Ecclesiastical. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Apocrypha.</li><li>of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.</li><li>false; spurious: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.</li></ul>