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apocrypha

/uh-pok-ruh-fuh/US // əˈpɒk rə fə //UK // (əˈpɒkrɪfə) //

圣经,伪经,天书,伪书

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a group of 14 books, not considered canonical, included in the Septuagint and the Vulgate as part of the Old Testament, but usually omitted from Protestant editions of the Bible.
    • : various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.
    • : writings, statements, etc., of doubtful authorship or authenticity.Compare canon.

Examples

  • What was new to them was not the fact of the assumption but the detailed incidents with which the Apocrypha embroidered it.

  • In 1879 the Bishop went up the river to Wuchang, and began the translation of the Apocrypha.

  • The Prophets, the Hagiographa, and the Apocrypha were translated at various times during the succeeding three hundred years.

  • In the Apocrypha the animal itself, and its use in war, is mentioned; in the old Sanscrit writings it frequently appears.

  • Regarding these Apocrypha the attitude of the church changed a good deal during our period.