Ecclesiasticus

[ ih-klee-zee-as-ti-kuhs ]

noun

1. a book of the Apocrypha. : Ecclus.

Ecclesiasticus

/ ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪkəs /

noun

1. one of the books of the Apocrypha, written around 180 bc and also called the Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach

Example Sentences

So will it be with the Book of Ecclesiasticus, which they now long for, and about which I have taken great pains.

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Ecclesiasticus, a book placed by Protestants and Jews among the apocryphal scriptures.

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The apocryphal book “Ecclesiasticus” is the antidote to Ecclesiastes.

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An old scripture (Ecclesiasticus xi., 28) says: "Judge none blessed before his death; for a man shall be known in his children."

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At length his eye fell upon them in the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus.

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