how to pronounce apocrypha

/ʌˈpɑk.ɹə.fə/

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apocrypha is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of apocrypha in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… possibility and Apocrypha and they lay …”

meanings of apocrypha

noun:

Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).

name:

That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by others (namely by Protestants).

apocrypha frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word apocrypha occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics apocrypha can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that apocrypha can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;