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Meaning: An Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Synonyms: Ben Sira; Ecclesiasticus; Sirach; Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach Instance hypernyms: book (a major division of a long written composition) Holonyms ("Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach" 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) 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)  "All work and no play makes Jack filthy rich." (English proverb) "All that glisters is not gold." (William Shakespeare) "Wishing does not make a poor man rich." (Arabic proverb) "If your friend is like honey, don't eat it all." (Egyptian proverb) Useful links: Meaning of wisdom literature Meaning of sapiential book Meaning of Apocrypha Pronunciation of wisdom book Meaning of book
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