sirach

Questions about sirach

What does sirach mean?

sirach means "an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)".

How many syllables are in sirach?

sirach has 2 syllables: si-rach. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for sirach?

Close synonyms include Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus, Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sirach a common word?

sirach 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.