Definitions
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- noun A book of the Apocrypha.
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- proper noun A book of the Old Testament Apocrypha.
- proper noun rare A male
given name . - noun statistics a model where the
dependent variable iscensored .
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- noun an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the subsequent uninspired age, in Tobit we have some approach to the Epos.
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Raphael is mentioned by name in the Book of Tobit, which is accepted as canonical by Catholics and Orthodox.
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Raphael is mentioned by name in the Book of Tobit, which is accepted as canonical by Catholics and Orthodox.
Archive 2009-09-01 bls 2009
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But this is not all, for when the writers of this Gloss come to the apocryphal books, they prefix a caution, as — “Here begins the book of Tobit, which is not in the Canon;” — “Here begins the book of Judith, which is not in the Canon,” and so of every one of them; and to confirm their opinion, they appeal to the
The Canon of the Old and New Testaments Ascertained, or The Bible Complete without the Apocrypha and Unwritten Traditions. 1772-1851 1851
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Raphael appears in Tobit, which is part of the Apochrypha, and not accepted by all Christians as canonical scripture.
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Here followeth the history of Tobit which is read the third Sunday of
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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Apocrypha, books such as Tobit and Sirach, that are found in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian canons of sacred scripture but not in the Jewish or Protestant canons.
www.appeal-democrat.com - News : By Annysa Johnson/McClatchy-Tribune News Service 2010
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The pronouncement of one church that "Tobit" is canonical does not make it so within the experience and communities of believers that encounter the book.
internetmonk.com 2010
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A little afterwards, it is said, “Know then, that Tobit, which is among us in the
The Canon of the Old and New Testaments Ascertained, or The Bible Complete without the Apocrypha and Unwritten Traditions. 1772-1851 1851
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His conclusion: Under a number of estimating techniques – OLS, Tobit and Fixed-Effects – this research has provided evidence that, on average, government grants have the potential to crowd-in private donations to nonprofit performing arts organizations in the range of $0.14 – $1.15.
Archive 2009-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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