单词 | Apocrypha |
释义 | Apocrypha/əˈpɒkrɪfə /plural noun [treated as singular or plural] 1Biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of Scripture. 1.1 (apocrypha) Writings or reports not considered genuine.The Book of Enoch influenced later Jewish apocrypha, and left marks in the New Testament and amongst the works of the early Fathers....
OriginLate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apocrypha (scripta) 'hidden (writings)', from Greek apokruphos, from apokruptein 'hide away'. |
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