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Definition of Ecclesiasticus
1. Noun. An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Apocrypha, Sapiential Book, Wisdom Book, Wisdom Literature
Definition of Ecclesiasticus
1. n. A book of the Apocrypha.
Definition of Ecclesiasticus
1. Proper noun. (biblical) A book in the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Ecclus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ecclesiasticus
Literary usage of Ecclesiasticus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"But on two Apocrypha, the Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclesiasticus, there is a valuable
notice in the extant " Preface to the Edition of the Books of Solomon ..."
2. Journal of Theological Studies (1901)
"WHETHER the book of Ecclesiasticus was written, as is now generally believed in
... Ecclesiasticus is for this reason of importance in the history of the ..."
3. Special Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament by Francis Ernest Gigot (1906)
"Ecclesiasticus, OR THE WISDOM OF JESUS, SON OF SIRACH. ... The other Greek names
given to Ecclesiasticus are simply 2o(pia, ..."
4. The History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"But the of Ecclesiasticus. The comparison of great probability in favor of identi-
Haggai i. 1; ii. 1; Zech. i. 7, vii. 1, fying him with Simon II. agrees ..."
5. The Critical Review of Theological & Philosophical Literature by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1903)
"From this summary of the contents it will be seen that the work is not an exegetical
commentary on Ecclesiasticus, though it is part of a foundation for ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1901)
"5 25), referring to the erroneous statement of 1165 Ecclesiasticus (Zunz, Nöldeke)
nor a ... After this the traces of a Hebrew text of Ecclesiasticus become ..."
7. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1890)
"ESSAY ON THE PLACE OF Ecclesiasticus ... The problem which he discusses is the
restoration of the original text of Ecclesiasticus. ..."
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