Definition: Meaning of, Apocrypha in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ əˈpɒkrɪfə /
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except the Coptic Churchexcept for II Esdras 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status