deuterocanonical books

plural noun

1. the books of the Bible regarded by the Roman Catholic Church as canonical but not universally acknowledged as such in the early church, including, in the Old Testament, most of the Protestant Apocrypha.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deuterocanonical books¹

First recorded in 1720–30; deutero- + canonical

Example Sentences

He was flipping through his Bible, the Catholic version with the deuterocanonical books, bound in shiny black leather.

From Literature

Each includes the RSV'S 1971 revision of the New Testament, and carries Apocryphal and "DeuteroCanonical" books not included in the Protestant and Jewish canons.

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Project Gutenberg Etext of Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible, also known as the Apocrypha, please remember that these are not not in their final form until the last day of the stated month.

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