ppl. a. [UN-1 8.]
1. Not admitted into the canon of Scripture.
1548. Geste, Pr. Masse, 129. The last consayl … regestered ye bible bokes without any mencion made of the Machabees at al, which argueth that then the bokes of Machabees were uncanonised.
1860. Westcott, in Smith’s Dict. Bible, I. 251/1. The uncanonical books were described simply as ‘those without,’ or ‘those uncanonized.’
2. Not formally recognized (as a saint).
a. 1643. A. Townshend, Poems & Masks (1912), 34.
| And if he tooke the style before, | |
| And name uncanonized wore, | |
| People might say, | |
| This Saint hath nere a holliday, | |
| But like a bold, unbidden Guest, | |
| Intrudes uppon anothers feaste. |
1718. Atterbury, Serm. Acts xxvi. 26 (1734), III. 17. The Members of it boast very much of mighty Signs and Wonders wrought by some Canonized, and some Uncanonized Saints; their Legends, their Sermons are full of them.
1771. Mrs. Griffith, Hist. Lady Barton, III. 220. I passed six days with this uncanonized saint.
1862. Miss Braddon, Lady Audley, xiv. The uncanonized saint and benefactress to the poor.
