pl.n. The sayings of Jesus written in various ancient sources but not included in the canonical Gospels. [Greek, from neuter pl. of agraphos, unwritten : a-, not; see A-1 + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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