Ecclesiasticus
ecc·le·sias·ticus
noun
1.
an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
Origin
From Middle English Ecclesiasticus, from Late Latin Ecclēsiasticus, probably short for liber ecclēsiasticus (“church book”), from its use in church readings. Doublet of ecclesiastic.
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