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Apocrypha, n.

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
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Apocrypha

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derivationally related form

Apocryphal

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sacred writing, sacred text, religious writing, religious text

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Old Testament

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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

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Judith Holofernes