agrapha

[ ag-ruh-fuh ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. the sayings of Jesus as recorded in the writings of the early Christians and in those parts of the New Testament other than the Gospels.

agrapha

/ ˈæɡrəfə /

plural noun

1. Christianity sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrapha¹

1885–90; < Greek, neuter plural of ágraphos, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + graph- (stem of gráphein to write) + -os adj. suffix; i.e., not written down (directly)

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrapha¹

Greek: things not written, from a- ¹+ graphein to write

Example Sentences

A few of these so-called Agrapha seem worthy of him, and are recognized as probably genuine.

From Project Gutenberg

For a collection of probably genuine Agrapha see Ropes, Die Spruche Jesu, 154-161, and Amer.

From Project Gutenberg

In Agrapha they likewise held their own, and, after one severely punished raid, the Agraphiot Armatoli were induced to re-enter the sultan's service on liberal terms.

From Project Gutenberg

And he was ruthless in the extermination of recalcitrant communities, like Agrapha on the Aspropotarno, which had never been inscribed on the taxation-rolls of the Romaic or the Ottoman treasury, or Suli, a robber clan ensconced in the mountains Immediately west of Ali's capital.

From Project Gutenberg

Since the sack of Constantinople in 1204, Greek culture had retired into the monasteries—inaccessible fastnesses where the monks lived much the same life as the clansmen of Suli or Agrapha.

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