Ecclesiasticus n 1: an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) [syn: {Ben Sira}, {Sirach}, {Ecclesiasticus}, {Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach}]
Ecclesiasticus \Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cus\, n. [L.] A book of the Apocrypha. [1913 Webster]