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Apocrypha

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Apocrypha /əˈpɒkrɪfə/

▶plural noun [treated as sing. or pl.]

1 (the Apocrypha) biblical or related writings appended to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and Vulgate versions, not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture.

2 (apocrypha) writings or reports not considered genuine.

– origin ME: from eccles. L. apocrypha (scripta) ‘hidden (writings)’, from Gk apokruphos, from apokruptein ‘hide away’.

'Apocrypha' also found in these Oxford entries:

Apoc. - Apocr. - apocryphal - Bar. - Jud. - Macc. - Septuagint - Sir. - Sus. - Tob. - Wisd.

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