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n. - An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).

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  • Wisdom of Solomon, in Ecclesiasticus, we shall see that they are the same.
  • The book called Ecclesiasticus, said to be written by the son of Sirach, is expressly numbered among apocryphal books in the Talmud.
  • It is in Ecclesiasticus and the
  • Solomon, the King of Israel, and in "Ecclesiasticus," and the "Book of
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