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English noun: Apocrypha

1. Apocrypha (communication) 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status


Broader (hypernym)religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing


Part holonym1 Esdras, 1 Maccabees, 2 Esdras, 2 Maccabees, Additions to Esther, Baruch, Bel and the Dragon, Ben Sira, Book of Baruch, Book of Judith, Book of Susanna, Book of Tobit, Ecclesiasticus, Epistle of Jeremiah, I Esdra, I Maccabees, II Esdras, II Maccabees, Judith, Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children, Sirach, Susanna, Tobit, Wisdom, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon


Part meronymOld Testament


Domain category membersHolofernes, Judith









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