Defenition of the word apocrypha

• Defenition of the word apocrypha

  • Various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.
  • 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible
  • 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
  • 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

Synonyms for the word apocrypha

• • Apocrypha

Meronymys for the word apocrypha

• • Old Testament

Hypernyms for the word apocrypha

• • religious text
  • religious writing
  • sacred text
  • sacred writing

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