Sirach

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See also: sírách

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Sirach

  1. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

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From the Ancient Greek Σειράχ (Seirákh).

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Sīrach m (indeclinable)

  1. Sirach (Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira)
    • 1526, Erasmus, Lingua[1], page 194:
      Hinc Sirach ille ſapiẽs.
      Hence, Sirach is that sage.

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