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1 ESDRAS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 1 Esdras mean? 

1 ESDRAS (noun)
  The noun 1 ESDRAS has 1 sense:

1. an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiahplay

  Familiarity information: 1 ESDRAS used as a noun is very rare.


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1 ESDRAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

1 Esdras; I Esdra

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

Holonyms ("1 Esdras" is a 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; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status)


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