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ag⋅ra⋅pha

[ag-ruh-fuh]
–noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
the sayings of Jesus as recorded in the writings of the early Christians and in those parts of the New Testament other than the Gospels.

Origin:
1885–90; < Gk, neut. pl. of ágraphos, equiv. to a- a- 6 + graph- (s. of gráphein to write) + -os adj. suffix; i.e., not written down (directly)
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ag·ra·pha also Ag·ra·pha   (āg'rə-fə)   
pl.n.  The sayings of Jesus not written in the canonical Gospels but known from other ancient sources.

[Greek, from neuter pl. of agraphos, unwritten : a-, not; see a-1 + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]
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