a. [ Gr. &unr_; second + E. canonical. ] Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Deuterogamy. ] One who marries the second time. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; wedding, marriage. ] A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; second + root of
n. The writer of Deuteronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; second + &unr_; law: cf. L. Deuteronomium. ] (Bibl.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.
a. Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; second + -scopy. ]
I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]