That group of works which formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews, and which is considered by some Christians to form an authentic part of Scripture, but which is rejected by others (namely by Protestants).

(Christianity) The supposed fallen state of traditional Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, as a result of tolerating the Greco-Roman mysteries and deities of solar monism.

A plant of an ancient cultivated variety of gallica rose, Rosa gallica var. officinalis / The flower of such a plant

plural of apothecary rose

plural of apologetic apostrophe

(Christianity) The period of the Twelve Apostles, dating from the Great Commission of the Apostles by the resurrected Jesus in Jerusalem (c. 33) until the death of the last Apostle, believed to be John the Apostle in Anatolia (c. 100).

Alternative spelling of postapocalypse

(Catholicism) In the Catholic Church, a papal representative with a transient mission to perform a canonical visitation of relatively short duration and to submit a report to the Holy See afterwards.

plural of apostolic visitor

(astronomy) Apoapsis around Mars.