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Es⋅dras

[ez-druhs]
–noun
1. either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
2. Douay Bible.
a. Ezra (def. 1).
b. either of two books, I Esdras or II Esdras, corresponding to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, respectively, in the Authorized Version.
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Es·dras   (ěz'drəs)   
n.   Bible Abbr. Esd. or Esdr.
One of four books of the Vulgate, the first two of which correspond to Ezra and Nehemiah and the second two of which were rejected as apocryphal but are sometimes included as an appendix to the New Testament as 1 and 2 Esdras.
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