Ecclesiastes

noun

Ec·cle·si·as·tes | \ i-ˌklē-zē-ˈa-(ˌ)stēz ,

e-ˌklē- \

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: a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see Bible Table

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