bel and the dragon

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   an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel

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Questions about bel and the dragon

What does bel and the dragon mean?

bel and the dragon means "an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel".

Is bel and the dragon a common word?

bel and the dragon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.