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Webster 1913 Edition
Deuterocanonical
Deuˊter-o-ca-non′ic-al
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] second + E.
canonical
.] Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; – said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.
Definition 2024
deuterocanonical
deuterocanonical
English
Adjective
deuterocanonical (not comparable)
- (biblical) Being of the second canon of the Old Testament of the Bible, and unaccepted by some Christians. A book which is part of the Apocrypha.
Hyponyms
- Deuterocanonical books include:
- Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah
- Ben Sira, Sirach or Ecclesiasticus
- Additions to Daniel:
- Song of the Three Children
- Susanna
- Bel and the Dragon
- 1 Esdras or 3 Esdras
- 2 Esdras or 4 Esdras
- Part of Esther
- Judith
- 1 Maccabees
- 2 Maccabees
- Prayer of Manasses
- Tobit
- Wisdom
Coordinate terms
Translations
of the second canon of the Old Testament
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