The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ecclesiasticus \Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cus\, n. [L.] A book of the Apocrypha.
Usage examples of "ecclesiasticus".
And Ecclesiasticus xxvi: Blessed is the man who has a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shell be doubled.
See Ecclesiasticus xix: He that is quick to believe is light-minded, and shall be diminished.
See Ecclesiasticus as quoted above: I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than to keep house with a wicked woman.
To this point is Ecclesiasticus xxxvii: Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous.
This is quite plainly stated in the Book of Ecclesiasticus, in this way: "Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the sinner against the godly.
But it has been customary to ascribe to Solomon other two, of which one is called Wisdom, the other Ecclesiasticus, on account of some resemblance of style,-but the more learned have no doubt that they are not his.