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apocrypha

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There's apocrypha about these modes not being vulnerable to the attack.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

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noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for apocrypha.

noun

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

See also: Apocrypha

Example sentences

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There's apocrypha about these modes not being vulnerable to the attack.

2

The apocrypha from early facebook employees is "not great".

3

Depending on what apocrypha you believe, he possibly did much worse as a child, to the point that he had to raise a kid from the dead to vouch for the assumption that he'd killed said kid.

4

I think it's probably apocrypha based on an alleged IRS trigger when you renew your US Passport overseas --- expat taxes are a thornier issue than stateside taxes.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use apocrypha in a sentence?

There's apocrypha about these modes not being vulnerable to the attack.

What does apocrypha mean?

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

What part of speech is apocrypha?

apocrypha is commonly used as noun.