| NOUN | communication | Sirach, Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach | an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) |
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| Meaning | An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect). | |
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| Synonyms | Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach | |
| Instance of | book | A major division of a long written composition |
| Part of | Apocrypha | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible |
| sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature | Any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom | |
| Spanish | Ben Sira, eclesiástico | |
| Catalan | Ben Sira | |
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