English dictionary
Apocrypha
/@/'p/A/kr/@/f/@/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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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
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
Source: webster1913