Associations to the word «Ecclesiasticus»

Wiktionary

ECCLESIASTICUS, proper noun. (biblical) A book in the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible. Sometimes abbreviated as Ecclus.

Dictionary definition

ECCLESIASTICUS, noun. An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats