Deuterocanon

Proper noun

Meaning

Deuterocanon

The books of the Old Testament which are part of the canon of Scripture of a given church but which are not found in the Hebrew Bible.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

apocrypha

Examples

In practice, Jerome treated some books outside the Hebrew canon as if they were canonical, and the Western Church did not accept Jerome's definition of apocrypha, instead retaining the word's prior meaning (see: Deuterocanon ). Source: Internet

The Deuterocanon or Apocrypha are colored differently from the Protocanon (the Hebrew Bible books considered canonical by all). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Deutero-Isaiah Deutero-Malay deuterobenzene deuterocanonical deuterocerebral deuterocerebrum