different between apocrypha vs ecclesiasticus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apocryphus (“apocryphal”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?k.??.f?/

Noun

apocrypha

1. (obsolete) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
   • a. 1704, John Locke, An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles

     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

Related terms

• apocryphal

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apocrypha”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Latin

Adjective

apocrypha

1. nominative feminine singular of apocryphus
2. nominative neuter plural of apocryphus
3. accusative neuter plural of apocryphus
4. vocative feminine singular of apocryphus
5. vocative neuter plural of apocryphus

Adjective

apocryph?

1. ablative feminine singular of apocryphus

References

• apocrypha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????????? (ekkl?siastikós), from ???????? (ekkl?sía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.kle?.si?as.ti.kus/, [?k???e?s?i?äs?t??k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.kle.si?as.ti.kus/, [?k?l?s?i??st?ikus]

Adjective

eccl?siasticus (feminine eccl?siastica, neuter eccl?siasticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or belonging to the Church; ecclesiastical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

Related terms

• eccl?sia

References

• ecclesiasticus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ecclesiasticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ecclesiasticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ecclesiasticus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016