ben sira
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1. an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) (noun.communication)
| instance hypernym | : | book, |
| definition | : | a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | apocrypha, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature, |
| definition | : | any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom (noun.communication) |
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