apocrypha
noun/əˈpɒkrɪfə/
/əˈpɑːkrɪfə/
[plural, singular or plural verb]- ApocryphaChristian religious texts that are related to the Bible but not officially considered to be part of it
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- writings that are not considered to be what somebody claims they are
Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin apocrypha (scripta) ‘hidden (writings)’, from Greek apokruphos, from apokruptein ‘hide away’.
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