Ecclesiasticus
noun
Ec·cle·si·as·ti·cus i-ˌklē-zē-ˈa-sti-kəs 
e-ˌklē-
: a didactic book included in the Protestant Apocrypha and as Sirach in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin Ecclēsiasticus, probably short for liber ecclēsiasticus "church book" (from its use in church readings) — more at ecclesiastic entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
- full scholarship
- full score
- full sea
- full seamark
- full sight
- full snipe
- full speed
- full speed ahead
- full steam ahead
- full steam/speed ahead
- full stop
- full swell
- full tilt
- full to fifteenth
- full to the brim
- full toss
- full trailer
- full twist
- full vamp
- full verb
- full volley
- full well
- full whack
- full word
- full-blood