Apocrypha (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible
def eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical
def the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
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Hypernym sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
Part holonym Old Testament
Derivationally related form Apocrypha → Apocryphal
Part meronym Additions to Esther; Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children; Susanna, Book of Susanna; Bel and the Dragon; Baruch, Book of Baruch; Letter of Jeremiah, Epistle of Jeremiah; Tobit, Book of Tobit; Judith, Book of Judith; I Esdra, 1 Esdras; II Esdras, 2 Esdras; Ben Sira, Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom; I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees; II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees
Member of this domain - TOPIC Judith; Holofernes
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Derivationally related form Apocryphal → Apocrypha
Pertainym (pertains to noun) Apocryphal → Apocrypha
Hyponym sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
Part meronym Old Testament
Part holonym Additions to Esther; Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children; Susanna, Book of Susanna; Bel and the Dragon; Baruch, Book of Baruch; Letter of Jeremiah, Epistle of Jeremiah; Tobit, Book of Tobit; Judith, Book of Judith; I Esdra, 1 Esdras; II Esdras, 2 Esdras; Ben Sira, Sirach, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom; I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees; II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees
Domain of synset - TOPIC Judith; Holofernes

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