(n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
(n. pl.) Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
Example Sentences:
(1) The number of characters affected ranges from 3 to 11, depending on the inclusion of the Apocrypha, the definition of suicide adopted and the version of the death accepted when there is more than one account.
(2) Beside the Old and New Testaments, some Apocrypha have to be discussed for their content about this subject.
(3) Beside Old and New Testaments, some Apocryphas have to be discussed for their contents about this subject.
Maccabees
Definition:
(n. pl.) The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.
(n. pl.) The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since the millennium, wave after wave of privately educated rock and pop acts have come through, Coldplay, Lily Allen, Jamie T, Jack Peñate, Florence Welch, the Maccabees, Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons being just a few prominent examples.
(2) Actually, iTunes suggests that Bastille fans also enjoy the music of Alt-J, Gabrielle Aplin, Bombay Bicycle Club, the Maccabees and Charlie from Busted, which isn't a mile off what one might expect, though Bastille's music is the most interesting of the lot.
(3) Burnham, a passionate Stone Roses fan who boasts about seeing the Fall at Manchester’s legendary Hacienda and whose last gig was the Maccabees at Manchester’s Albert Hall, has also pledged to make Greater Manchester “the unrivalled music capital of Europe, if not the world”.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gentlemen of the Road 2015 festival trailer Some of the acts confirmed include Foo Fighters, Primal Scream, the Flaming Lips, Lianne La Havas, Alabama Shakes, the Maccabees and Jenny Lewis.
(5) Effects on motor and sensory systems of the brain are described including magnetic perceptual suppression in the visual cortex and other pioneering work of Amassian, Cracco and Maccabee at SUNY Health, Brooklyn.
(6) Music journalist Simon Price, for example, has written of the "poshification of pop" , with the privately educated now exercising a "growing stranglehold" over this cultural form: "Since the millennium, wave after wave of privately educated rock and pop acts have come through, Coldplay, Lily Allen, Jamie T, Jack Peñate, Florence Welch, the Maccabees, Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons being just a few prominent examples."