Apocrypha

//əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə//

Synonyms for "apocrypha" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)

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Related words (2)

Proper Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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Translations

38 translations across 21 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • апокри́ф noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Catalan

1 entries
  • apòcrif noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 外典 name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • 偽經 /伪经 noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)
  • 外典 noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)
  • 旁經 /旁经 noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Finnish

2 entries
  • apokryfikirjat name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • apokryfi noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აპოკრიფი noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

German

2 entries
  • Apokryphen name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • Apokryphe noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סְפָרִים חִיצוֹנִים name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • apokrifa name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • apokrifa noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)
  • buku diragukan noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Irish

2 entries
  • Apacrafa name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • apacrafa noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アポクリファ name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • 外典 name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • アポクリファ noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)
  • 外典 noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • апокриф noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Manx

2 entries
  • Apocryphey name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • Ny Lioaryn Neuashlishagh name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)

Polish

2 entries
  • apokryf name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • apokryf noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • apócrifos name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • apócrifo noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Romanian

1 entries
  • apocrife name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)

Russian

2 entries
  • апо́криф name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • апо́криф noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • apòkrif noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)
  • апо̀криф noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Spanish

2 entries
  • textos apócrifos name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)
  • apócrifo noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Swedish

1 entries
  • apokryf noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Apokripos name (writings recognized by some but not all Christians)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • апо́криф noun (writing of a doubtful authorship)

Sample sentences

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But it may be objected, that these books being in the Jews' canon , ought to be acknowledged for divinely inspired , rather than the apocryphas that never were in it

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Our entymological^([sic – meaning etymological]) approaches to the I or Change in the I Ching seem to confirm one of the well known apocryphas, I-Wei Ch'ien tso-tu.

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Parts of the city were unearthed and we could clearly see an almost square citadel with massive walls and a deep moat, beyond which were the outer residential quarters, shopping centre, etc. This made me think of an apocrypha of the Bogomil teaching: 'I, the prophet Isaiah, blessed among the prophets by our Lord God Jesus Christ, have come by the Will of God to tell you what will happen in the last days of the human race...' He was talking of an uncertain future, while here before us we had a tale of realities of the past.

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We are the women with thread bags anchored deep in our bosoms containing blood agreements silver coins and cloves of garlic and an apocrypha of Nanny’s secrets.

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