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sacred text vs Apocrypha

Apocrypha vs sacred text

sacred text and Apocrypha both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sacred text Yes No No No
Apocrypha Yes No No No
As nouns, Apocrypha is a hyponym of sacred text; that is, Apocrypha is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sacred text:
  • sacred text: writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity
  • Apocrypha: 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
Other hyponyms of sacred text include sacred scripture, scripture, Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God, Paralipomenon, Testament, evangel, Gospel, Gospels, Synoptic Gospels, Synoptics, prayer, service book, sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature, Pseudepigrapha, Talmudic literature, Veda, Vedic literature, mantra, psalm.
sacred text (noun) Apocrypha (noun)
writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
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